[Corrective growth after vertebral body fracture in the adolescence].
We present the case of a 13-year-old female patient who sustained an incomplete burst fracture of the 1st lumbar vertebral body and an impression fracture of the 3rd vertebral body. Using a dorsal instrumentation the kyphosis of the thoracolumbar junction was treated. The radiographical follow-up indicated a correction of the involved vertebral bodies. However, complete restoration of the height of the vertebral bodies was not achieved. In view of this long-term follow-up the potential for correction of the adolescent thoracolumbar junction spine is discussed.
Schmidt-Rohlfing
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Klinik für Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie, Universitätsklinikum der RWTH Aachen. bernhard.schmidt@post.rwth-aachen.de
Nossek
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Hofman
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M
Delbrück
H
H
Hohl
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C
D000293:Adolescent; D001827:Body Height / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006132:Growth Plate / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007738:Kyphosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011859:Radiography; D000072042:Salter-Harris Fractures; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D013123:Spinal Fusion