[Transpedicular porking and grafting for the treatment of thoracolumbar spinal fracture].
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the application of transpedicular porking repositor, thread device and transpedical interbody bone grafting apparatus in the treatment of thoracolumbar spinal fracture.


METHODS
From March 2008 to March 2011, 17 males and 15 females with thoracolumbar spinal fracture were treated by using self-designed transpedicular porking reposito, thread device and transpedical interbody bone grafting apparatus. The average age was 39.4 years (ranged from 25 to 65 years). All the cases were checked by X-ray and CT before and one week, one year after operation, removal of internal fixation. The angle of injured vertebral sagittal, cobbs angle and injured vertebral height were measured.


RESULTS
All patients were followed up, and the duration ranged for 14 to 21 months (averaged 16 months). The content of following up included loss of ithycyphos and height of spinal, fracture healing and implant fixation. Nerve vascular complication caused by implantation didn't occurred; interverbral body fusion was good. The results preoperative, 1 week and year postoperative and 3 months after taking out the internal fixation showed injured spinal height maintained well, loss and collapse of height and angle did not occurred.


CONCLUSIONS
Treating thoracolumbar spinal fracture can obtained satisfactory effects by using transpedicular porking repositor, thread device and transpedical interbody bone grafting apparatus. It has advantages of minimal invasive, and can promote fracture healing earlier, recover spinal height, rebuild stability of spinal, prevent loss and collapse of vertebral body height to avoid anterior lumbar surgery on the late stage.
Shangyu Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medical, Shangyu 312300, Zhejiang, China.
Long-Jun
LJ
Zhang
Feng
F
Ye
Jian-Jun
JJ
Zhang
Xiao-Dong
XD
Zheng
Ying-Zhou
YZ
Li
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016025:Bone Transplantation; D005260:Female; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000601:surgery*; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery*