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ArticleEuropean spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society2016

Osteoporotic thoracolumbar junctional fracture accompanied by spinous process fracture without posterior ligament injury: its clinical and radiologic significances.

Seonjong Lee, Moon Soo Park, Yong-Chan Kim, Tae-Hwan Kim

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Article in European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Seonjong LeeSpine Center, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, 896, Pyeongchon-Dong, Anyang City, Gyeonggi-Do, 431-070, Korea.
Moon Soo ParkSpine Center, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, 896, Pyeongchon-Dong, Anyang City, Gyeonggi-Do, 431-070, Korea.
Yong-Chan KimSpine Center, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, 896, Pyeongchon-Dong, Anyang City, Gyeonggi-Do, 431-070, Korea.
Tae-Hwan KimSpine Center, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, 896, Pyeongchon-Dong, Anyang City, Gyeonggi-Do, 431-070, Korea. paragon0823@gmail.com.
Hallym University · KRHallym University Sacred Heart Hospital · KR

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purposeTo assess the clinical and radiologic outcome of osteoporotic thoracolumbar junctional fracture accompanied by spinous process fracture (SPF) without posterior ligament injury.

methodsA total of 391 patients with single-level osteoporotic thoracolumbar junctional (T10-L2) fracture were selectively enrolled. The patients were divided into two groups by absence (group I) or presence (group II) of SPF. Clinical and radiologic parameters were compared between the two groups.

resultsGroup I comprised of 332 patients with only vertebral body fracture, and group II comprised of 59 patients with both vertebral body and SPFs. In all cases of group II, SPFs were located just one level above the fractured vertebral body, and the injury of the posterior ligament was not found. At the time of injury, group II patients showed worse outcomes in anterior vertebral body compression percentage, kyphotic Cobb angle, cranial disk status, and the rate of the initial neurologic injury. Kyphotic alignment changes during 1-year follow-up were compared between the conservative subgroups of groups I and II. At the time of injury, there were no statistical differences in anterior vertebral body compression percentage and Cobb angle between the two conservative subgroups. However, the difference was significant after 1-year follow-up. Comparison of kyphotic alignment change at 12 months after diagnosis within group II was done according to the treatment method. Vertebroplasty subgroup in group II did not show benefit even in preventing such kyphotic alignment change, whereas instrumentation subgroup in group II showed lordotic alignment restoration despite more severe kyphotic alignment at the time of injury.

conclusionsOsteoporotic thoracolumbar junctional fracture accompanied by spinous process fracture without posterior ligament injury represented more severe injury with flexion forces on the anterior column and tensile forces on the posterior column, and was related with more severe posttraumatic kyphotic changes during the 12-month follow-up.

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AgedFemaleFractures, CompressionHumansKyphosisLumbar VertebraeMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleOsteoporotic FracturesPrognosisRetrospective StudiesSpinal FracturesThoracic VertebraeVertebroplastyKyphotic changeOsteoporotic fracturePosterior ligamentSpinous process fractureThoracolumbar

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