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  • Title: Dynamic spine alloplasty (spring-loading corrective devices) after fracture and spinal cord injury.
    Author: Weiss M.
    Journal: Clin Orthop Relat Res; 1975 Oct; (112):150-8. PubMed ID: 1192628.
    Abstract:
    Dynamic alloplasty in spine fractures is a method of stabilization of the fracture site of the injured spine by obtaining a steady, gradual correction of the spine in accordance with Guttman's method. Gait training may begin within 2 weeks after surgery. The method shortens the rehabilitation time of paraplegics to approximately 3 months, as compared with the conventionally treated group. Dynamic spine fitting not only enables the patient to accept his disability, take interest in vocational and social rehabilitation sooner than conventional methods, but also prevents the typical psychological and physiological complications, such as depression, neurasthenic status, urological complications and bedsores. There is no need for prolonged muscle reconditioning because the patients are immobilized only for the essential postoperative period. Following our research on "Amputations with Immediate Prosthetic Fitting," we sould like to propose the term "Immediate Functional Paraplegic Fitting" for this technique.
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