How I do it: spine jack expansion kyphoplasty for AO spine A4 complete burst fracture with neurological deficit.

Nathan Beucler

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Article in Acta neurochirurgica, 2024. 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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One-Stage Posterior Open Fixation with SpineJack Expansion Kyphoplasty for Unstable A4 Complete Thoracolumbar Burst Fracture with Neurological Deficit: A Proof-of-Concept Case Series.Asian journal of neurosurgery · 2026
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Nathan BeuclerNeurosurgery Department, Sainte-Anne Military Teaching Hospital, 2 Boulevard Sainte-Anne, 83800, Toulon Cedex 9, France. nathan.beucler@neurochirurgie.fr.

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backgroundSome patients suffering from thoracolumbar complete burst fracture causing neurological deficit may be eligible for single-stage posterior-only three column reconstruction with spine jack expansion kyphoplasty.

methodShort segment monoaxial pedicle screws are placed. Spine jack working channels are positioned in the comminuted vertebral body. Then, the surgeon can perform jack expansion kyphoplasty and short-segment fixation and distraction in the order best suited, considering whether the collapsed vertebral body has been expanded thanks to hyperlordosis positioning. This strategy allows to regain both native vertebral body height and proper regional sagittal balance. Wide decompression with laminectomy and arthrectomy is necessary at the level of posterior wall recession.

conclusionCombination of short segment pedicle screw fixation with distraction and open spine jack kyphoplasty is technically feasible and avoids the need for corpectomy in complete burst fractures with neurological deficit.

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KyphoplastyLumbar VertebraeSpinal FracturesThoracic VertebraeAdultDecompression, SurgicalHumansMalePedicle ScrewsTreatment OutcomeAO spineComplete burst fractureExpansion kyphoplastyPercutaneousSpine surgerySpine trauma

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PMID39546008

DOI10.1016/j.wneu.2017.01.124

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