[Management of high and low energy fractures of the thoracolumbar spine].
High-energy spine traumas usually affect polytrauma patients and are taken care of in level trauma centers. Physicians in private practice mostly face patients suffering from porotic vertebral fractures, but may once in a while be confronted to patients with a non-porotic fracture after a heavy fall for example. In this article, we expose the management principles of thoracolumbar fractures as well as our opinion regarding the recent controversy around vertebroplasty.
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Service de chirurgie orthopédique et traumatologie de l'appareil moteur, Département de chirurgie, HUG, Genève. antonio.faundez@hcuge.ch
D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000293:injuries*; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000628:therapy*; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000293:injuries*