Surgical treatment of vertebral body splintered fractures

The given report concerns the method of surgical treatment of vertebral body splintered fractures. The surgery is presented by transpedicular fixation of an injured part and allows to perform reduction of body fragments of the injured vertebra. Simplicity of technical performance and efficiency of the technique explain its practical valu

Treatment Results of Injuries of Thoracic and Lumbar Backbone Departments at Osteoporosis Patients

Information relates to radiologic (computer tomography) manifestations providing the visualization of thoracic and lumbar backbone department injuries at osteoporotic patients. Contemporary methods of transcutaneous and trans-pedicle vertebroplasty with bone cement allows to obtain a stable positive healing effect against such pathologies

On the issue of surgical reconstruction in complicated aggressive hemangiomas of sacrolumbar transitional spine

We presented surgical results of complicated aggressive hemangioma treatment in transitional sacrolumbar spine. It has been stated that individual peculiarities of decompressive stabilizing surgery depend on the volume of vertebral lesions and their results improve in the combination with presurgical X-ray therapy.</p

Circular anchorage of the spine in the correction of scoliotic deformity.

Aim: to demonstrate clinical case of surgical treatment of scoliotic deformity of the spine in a 17-year-old child. It is shown that the correction of sagittal profile achieved by 2-stage intervention and normalized global balance parameters in combination with circular spine anchorage allows providing earliest and fullest rehabilitation of a child.</p

Transpedicular fixation in comminuted fractures of bodies of thoracic and lumbar vertebrae

Research Objective: improvement of transpedicular fixation technique in cases with spine injuries accompanied by vertebral body splintering. Material and Methods. Transpedicular spondylosynthesis was performed in 52 patients aged 18-49 years with comminuted fractures of thoracic and lumbar vertebral bodies. Individual peculiarities of the operation depended on the character of the injury ascertained during the preoperative examination. Standard roentgenography and computer tomography were used. Results. Lasting antalgic effect was observed in 94,2% of the operated patients. In cases with type A3 fractures according to F. Magerl the rate of the surgical correction of the pathologic posttraumatic kyphotic deformity averages 87%. Injuries classified as type A2, B2 or C2 were the indication for transpedicular os-teosynthesis by advanced techniques. Conclusion. Transpedicular spondylosynthesis is one of the effective methods of treatment of patients with comminuted fractures of thoracic and lumbar vertebral bodies, and the choice of carrying out of the procedure depends on the injury character. In cases with comminuted fractures of type A2, B2, C2 it is reasonable to perform transpedicular spondylosynthesis with introduction of the transpedicular screws into the injured vertebral body, and the technique of their use depends on the injury character

Biomechanical aspects of circular spondylosynthesis of transitional thoracolumbar spine

Aim: to present the potential of biomechanical modeling in individual choice of optimal surgical correction method for transitional thoracolumbar spine injury. Material and Methods. We built solid-base 3-dimensional model of the investigated spine segment in Mimics13 on the basis of CT data of injured thoracolumbar spine. Cage and anchorage models were created in CAE system SolidWorks. Numeric modeling was performed in ANSYS in Workbench medium. We analyzed full movement fields, their maximum values for each model as well as equivalent stress in vertebra and anchorage systems. Results. The analysis of equivalent stress and full movement fields emerging in the models under seven basic types of load revealed the most stable spondylosynthesis model which is circular spine</p

Towards the causes of secondary post-traumatic deformations of thoracic and lumbar spine

The purpose of the study is to analyze and systematize main causes of secondary spine deformations forming in patients who had operations due to thoracic and lumbar spine damages. Material and Methods. The analysis of poor surgical results of 155 patients previously operated due to various thoracic and lumbar spine damages has been conducted. All patients had complications associated with secondary spinal column deformations at various time after the intervention. Standard investigation included the analysis of patients' complaints, their previous history, somatic, neurological and orthopedic status. Results. The intensity of spinal column deformation was defined due to the character and level of primary trauma structurally characterized predominantly by unstable damages. However as it has been found in this research the main cause of this complicated pathology lied in the number of tactical and technical pitfalls of primary surgical treatment. Conclusion. Surgical operations due to secondary post-traumatic deformations in most cases are laborious and are accompanied by significant surgical trauma therefore systematization and analysis of the main causes of poor results of primary spine surgery may contribute to the preventive treatment of this type of pathology

Decompressive stabilizing operations in the treatment of complicated aggressive hemangiomas of transitional spine.

The aim: to study the efficiency of surgical treatment of complicated aggressive hemangiomas in transitional spine. Material and Methods. Decompressive stabilizing operations were made to 26 patients aged 35-52 years with hemangiomas of vertebral bodies. Individual surgical features varied due to the character and level of the injury. Results. In the experimental patients' group in admission there was neurological deficit of compressional origin associated with the critical values of luminal narrowing due to the epidural component of the neoformation. Stable antalgic effect and decrease in neurological deficit were seen postsurgically. Conclusion. While choosing the surgical option of decompressive stabilizing treatment a surgeon should take into account roentgenomorphometric features of the injured vertebrae. Adequately planned intervention fulfilled with the account of the injury character allows obtaining favorable outcomes as well as LQ improvement, neurological deficit decrease and the elimination of pain syndrome.</p