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  • Title: Burst fractures with neurologic deficits of the thoracolumbar-lumbar spine. Results of anterior decompression and stabilization with anterior instrumentation.
    Author: Kaneda K, Abumi K, Fujiya M.
    Journal: Spine (Phila Pa 1976); 1984; 9(8):788-95. PubMed ID: 6528292.
    Abstract:
    Twenty-seven burst fractures with neurologic deficits of the thoracolumbar-lumbar spine were treated with an one-stage anterior operation consisting of anterior decompression through vertebrectomy, realignment and stabilization with Zielke instrumentation (12 patients), and our new anterior instrumentation (15 patients). Only two disc spaces directly related to the injury were fused. No patient showed neurologic deterioration after surgery. All 26 patients with incomplete lesions improved postoperatively, with 19 of them entering the next Frankel subgroup. The newly designed anterior instrumentation afforded enough stability to enable early ambulation with alignment and solid fusion.
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