Abstract
The incidence of thoracolumbar fracture has increased globally, most of these fractures occur at the thoracolumbar junction (Th11-L2). The traumatic thoracolumbar burst fractures of the spine represent 50% of all thoracolumbar injuries, they associated with increased mortality, major morbidity, and cost for hospital care. To date, the AOSpine thoracolumbar spine injury severity system is widely adopted to the clinical practice; according to this classification the burst fractures are categorized to the incomplete burst fractures- AOSpine type A3, whereas the complete burst fractures- AOSpine type A4.
Highlights
The overall global incidence of traumatic spinal injury was 10.5 cases per 100,000 persons, resulting in an estimated 768,473 new cases of traumatic spinal injury annually worldwide; almost 48.8% of patients with traumatic spinal trauma required surgery [1]
Traumatic thoracolumbar fractures are associated with increased mortality, major morbidity, and cost for hospital care
The updated AOSpine Thoracolumbar Spine Injury Classification System is hierarchical classification of thoracolumbar fractures, which is based on the morphology of the fractured vertebra with the most clinically relevant treatment algorithms [3]
Summary
The overall global incidence of traumatic spinal injury was 10.5 cases per 100,000 persons, resulting in an estimated 768,473 new cases of traumatic spinal injury annually worldwide; almost 48.8% of patients with traumatic spinal trauma required surgery [1]. Despite achievements advances in technology and surgical technique in spine surgery, some treatment aspects of patients with thoracolumbar burst fractures remains unsolved.
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