Percutaneous pedicle screw fixation for thoracolumbar fractures.
The application of percutaneous techniques for the management of thoracolumbar fractures is gaining popularity. Short-segment or long-segment percutaneous pedicle screw fixation can be used to treat a wide variety of thoracolumbar fractures in patients who are neurologically normal. This approach provides internal fixation, allowing the fracture to heal and sparing the motion segments above and below the fracture, as the instrumentation can be removed later.
Department of Neurological Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 676 North St Clair Street, Suite 2210, Chicago, IL 60611, USA. Electronic address: ndahdale@nmff.org.
Nader S
NS
Dahdaleh
Department of Neurological Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 676 North St Clair Street, Suite 2210, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
Zachary A
ZA
Smith
Department of Neurosurgery, Carver School of Medicine, 200 Hawkins Drive, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
Patrick W
PW
Hitchon
D001863:Bone Screws; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000601:surgery*; D013123:Spinal Fusion / Q000379:methods; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
Lumbar fractures; Minimally invasive spine surgery; Percutaneous pedicle screws; Thoracic fractures; Thoracolumbar fractures