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THE EFFECT OF DIFFERENT İNTERNAL FIKATÎON METHODS ON THE NEUROLOGICAL OUTCOME OF THORACOLUMBAR VERTEBRA FRACTURES *

  • Önder AYDINGÖZ
  • Fahri ERDOĞAN
  • Nafiz BİLSEL
  • Ramin POURSANI

J Turk Spinal Surg 1996;7(3):103-107

Neurologİcal status of 45 paiients who were operated on for the treatment of thoracolumbar fractures were e evaluaied. iniernal fixations included 19 SSI, 12 posterior CD or Alıcı insirumentation and 14 Kaneda instrumentation. No significant difference between these İnternal fixation methods regarding the difference betv/een preoperative andpostoperatlve neurologîcal status of the patients could be found,

Keywords: splnal fracture, neurologİcal outcome.