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Clinical features and treatment outcomes of acute multiple thoracic and lumbar spinal fractures: A comparison of continuous and noncontinuous fractures

Title
Clinical features and treatment outcomes of acute multiple thoracic and lumbar spinal fractures: A comparison of continuous and noncontinuous fractures
Authors
Cho Y.Kim Y.G.
Ewha Authors
조용재김영구
SCOPUS Author ID
조용재scopus; 김영구scopus
Issue Date
2019
Journal Title
Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
ISSN
2005-3711JCR Link
Citation
Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society vol. 62, no. 6, pp. 700 - 711
Keywords
DecompressionFracturesMultipleSpinal fractures
Publisher
Korean Neurosurgical Society
Indexed
SCIE; SCOPUS WOS scopus
Document Type
Article
Abstract
Objective: The treatment of multiple thoracolumbar spine fractures according to fracture continuity has rarely been reported. Herein we evaluate the clinical features and outcomes of multiple thoracolumbar fractures depending on continuous or noncontinuous status. Methods: From January 2010 to January 2016, 48 patients with acute thoracic and lumbar multiple fractures who underwent posterior fusion surgery were evaluated. Patients were divided into two groups (group A: continuous; group B: noncontinuous). We investigated the causes of the injuries, the locations of the injuries, the range of fusion levels, and the functional outcomes based on the patients’ general characteristics. Results: A total of 48 patients were enrolled (group A: 25 patients; group B: 23 patients). Both groups had similar pre-surgical clinical and radiologic features. The fusion level included three segments (group A: 4; group B: 5) or four segments (group A: 19; group B: 5). Group B required more instrumented segments than did group A. Group A scored 23.5 and group B scored 33.4 on the Korean Oswestry Disability Index (KODI) at the time of last follow-up. In both groups, longer fusion was associated with worse KODI score. Conclusion: In this study, due to the assumption of similar initial clinical and radiologic features in both group, the mechanism of multiple fractures is presumed to be the same between continuous and noncontinuous fractures. The noncontinuous fracture group had worse KODI scores in long-term follow-up, thought to be due to long fusion level. Therefore, we recommend minimizing the number of segments that are fused in multiple thoracolumbar and lumbar fractures when decompression is not necessary. © 2019 The Korean Neurosurgical Society.
DOI
10.3340/jkns.2019.0093
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