Summary: "Alıcı"posterior irıstrumentation was performed in tvventy patients with fractures of thoracolumbar vertebrae İn department of orthopedics & traumatology in Ankara Hospital between August 1990 and December 1991. Patients were followed up for 9 months. The iemprovements in the angel of local kyphosis, the anterior height of the vertebrae and the posterior height of the vertebrae were 24%, 19% and 9% respectively. As the only complications a haematoma develaped in one case, infection in another and loosening of implant in a third and iast one.
Keywords: Thoracolumbar spine injuries, Burst fracture, Posterior transpedicular fixation