title: Ten-year follow-up results of posterior instrumentation without fusion for traumatic thoracic and lumbar spine fractures.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  This retrospective study aims to present and evaluate the long follow-up results of posterior instrumentation without fusion in patients with traumatic thoracic and lumbar fractures.
  
  
  METHODS
  45 patients were operated. The mean follow-up period was 147.6 months. Sagittal plane kyphosis (SPK) and anterior wedge angle (AWA) were evaluated in preoperative and follow-up.
  
  
  RESULTS
  SPK and AWA improved significantly in the early postoperative. However, the correction was lost in the 10-year follow-up. The loss of correction was statistically significant in SPK and AWA.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Posterior instrumentation without fusion is still among the most useful in treatment of traumatic thoracolumbar fractures.
authors.affiliation: Orthopedics and Traumatology Clinic, Private Anatolia Hospital, Antalya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ozcan
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kocanli
authors.affiliation: Orthopedics and Traumatology Clinic, Kanuni Sultan Suleyman Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Baran
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Komur
authors.affiliation: Orthopedics and Traumatology Clinic, Kanuni Sultan Suleyman Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Tahir Mutlu
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Duymuş
authors.affiliation: Neurosurgery Clinic, Ministry of Health Kartal Research and Training Hospital, Kartal, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Bulent
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Guclu
authors.affiliation: Orthopedics and Traumatology Clinic, Fatih Sultan Suleyman Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Barış
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Yılmaz
authors.affiliation: Orthopedics and Traumatology Clinic, Private Sifa Hospital, İzmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Erhan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sesli
keywords: Lumbar vertebrae; Outcome assessment; Spinal fractures; Thoracic vertebrae