title: Experimentally induced incomplete burst fractures - a novel technique for calf and human specimens.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Fracture morphology is crucial for the clinical decision-making process preceding spinal fracture treatment. The presented experimental approach was designed in order to ensure reproducibility of induced fracture morphology.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The presented method resulted in fracture morphology, found in clinical classification systems like the Magerl classification. In the calf spine samples, 70% displayed incomplete burst fractures corresponding to type A3.1 and A3.2 fractures. In all human samples, superior incomplete burst fractures (Magerl A3.1) were identified by an independent radiologist and spine surgeon.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The presented set up enables the first experimental means to reliably model and study distinct incomplete burst fracture patterns in an in vitro setting. Thus, we envisage this protocol to facilitate further studies on spine fracture treatment of incomplete burst fractures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Trauma-, Hand-, and Reconstructive Surgery, Westfälische Wilhelms-University Münster, Waldeyerstrasse 1, Münster 48149, Germany. hartensuer@uni-muenster.de
authors.forename: René
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hartensuer
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gasch
authors.forename: Dominic
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gehweiler
authors.forename: Steffen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schanz
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schulze
authors.forename: Lars
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Matuszewski
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Langer
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Raschke
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Vordemvenne
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000818:Animals; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D002102:Cadaver; D002417:Cattle; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D008297:Male; D011312:Pressure; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D013314:Stress, Mechanical; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed