THE EFFECT OF DIFFERENT İNTERNAL FIKATÎON METHODS ON THE NEUROLOGICAL OUTCOME OF THORACOLUMBAR VERTEBRA FRACTURES
Journal Title: Journal of Turkish Spinal Surgery - Year 1996, Vol 7, Issue 3
Abstract
Neurologİcal status of 45 paiients who were operated on for the treatment of thoracolumbar fractures were e evaluaied. iniernal fixations included 19 SSI, 12 posterior CD or Alıcı insirumentation and 14 Kaneda instrumentation. No significant difference between these İnternal fixation methods regarding the difference betv/een preoperative andpostoperatlve neurologîcal status of the patients could be found,
Authors and Affiliations
Önder AYDINGÖZ, Fahri ERDOĞAN, Nafiz BİLSEL, Ramin POURSANI
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