title: [Injuries of the thoracolumbar spine in children].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Injuries of the thoracolumbar spine in children are rare and challenging for the treating physician. Besides knowledge of fracture treatment, the anatomical particularities of the spine in children are of great importance.
  
  
  METHODS
  The article gives an overview of the diagnosis and therapy with the most common classification of injuries of the thoracolumbar spine.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Taking into account the children's age and the fracture morphology most cases can be treated conservatively, especially because the young spine has great potential for remodelling. The older the child becomes, the more smoothly the transition to adult treatment occurs; thus, unstable fractures should be treated with surgery.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The difficult indication and the specific characteristics of surgery necessitate treatment in a spine centre with experience with surgery on children.
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Orthopädie, Unfallchirurgie und Plastische Chirurgie, Bereich Wirbelsäulenchirurgie, Universitätsklinikum Leipzig AöR, Liebigstraße 18, 04103, Leipzig, Deutschland.
authors.forename: J-S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Jarvers
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Orthopädie, Unfallchirurgie und Plastische Chirurgie, Bereich Wirbelsäulenchirurgie, Universitätsklinikum Leipzig AöR, Liebigstraße 18, 04103, Leipzig, Deutschland.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Spiegl
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Orthopädie, Unfallchirurgie und Plastische Chirurgie, Bereich Wirbelsäulenchirurgie, Universitätsklinikum Leipzig AöR, Liebigstraße 18, 04103, Leipzig, Deutschland.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: von der Höh
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Orthopädie, Unfallchirurgie und Plastische Chirurgie, Bereich Wirbelsäulenchirurgie, Universitätsklinikum Leipzig AöR, Liebigstraße 18, 04103, Leipzig, Deutschland.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Josten
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Orthopädie, Unfallchirurgie und Plastische Chirurgie, Bereich Wirbelsäulenchirurgie, Universitätsklinikum Leipzig AöR, Liebigstraße 18, 04103, Leipzig, Deutschland. christoph.eckhard.heyde@medizin.uni-leipzig.de.
authors.forename: C-E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Heyde
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005260:Female; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007103:Immobilization / Q000379:methods*; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Fracture fixation; Intervertebral disc; Magnetic resonance imaging; Radiography; Spinal fractures