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Rate and Predictors of Failure in the Conservative Management of Stable Thoracolumbar Burst Fractures: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Global spine journal | 2022 | Tan T, Huang MS, Rutges J, Marion TE

Conflict of interest statement: Declaration of Conflicting Interests: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

Thoracolumbar Burst Fracture: McCormack Load-sharing Classification: Systematic Review and Single-arm Meta-analysis.

Spine | 2021 | Filgueira ÉG, Imoto AM, da Silva HEC, Meves R

[Indexed for MEDLINE] 11. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 1997 Mar 15;22(6):686-90. doi: 10.1097/00007632-199703150-00022. Anterolateral dynamized instrumentation and fusion for unstable thoracolumbar and lumbar burst fractures. Carl AL(1), Tranmer BI, Sachs BL. Author information: (1)Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Albany Medical College, New York, USA. STUDY DESIGN: A retrospective c...

Transpedicular fixation in management of thoracolumbar burst fractures: monosegmental fixation versus short-segment instrumentation.

Spine | 2010 | Wei FX, Liu SY, Liang CX, Li HM

[Indexed for MEDLINE] 19. World Neurosurg. 2021 Nov;155:e177-e187. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2021.08.035. Epub 2021 Aug 14. Can Vertical Laminar Fracture Further Discriminate Fracture Severity Between Thoracolumbar AO Type A3 and A4 Fractures? Aly MM(1), Al-Shoaibi AM(2), Al-Aithan A(3), AlJuzair AH(3), Almasoudi T(3), AlFattani A(4), Eldawoody H(5). Author information: (1)Department...

Posterior short-segment fixation in thoracolumbar unstable burst fractures - Transpedicular grafting or six-screw construct?

Clinical neurology and neurosurgery | 2017 | Liao JC, Fan KF

[Indexed for MEDLINE] 7. Injury. 2017 Aug;48(8):1806-1812. doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2017.06.015. Epub 2017 Jun 20. Additional vertebral augmentation with posterior instrumentation for unstable thoracolumbar burst fractures. Kao FC(1), Hsieh MK(2), Yu CW(1), Tsai TT(1), Lai PL(1), Niu CC(1), Chen LH(1), Chen WJ(1). Author information: (1)Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Spine Sec...

Temporary short-segment pedicle screw fixation for thoracolumbar burst fractures: comparative study with or without vertebroplasty.

The spine journal : official journal of the North American Spine Society | 2017 | Aono H, Ishii K, Tobimatsu H, Nagamoto Y

[Indexed for MEDLINE] 14. J Spinal Disord Tech. 2006 Jun;19(4):242-8. doi: 10.1097/01.bsd.0000211298.59884.24. Unstable thoracolumbar burst fractures: anterior-only versus short-segment posterior fixation. Sasso RC(1), Renkens K, Hanson D, Reilly T, McGuire RA Jr, Best NM. Author information: (1)Indiana Spine Group, Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery, Indiana University School of Med...

A Review of Load Sharing Principle for Thoracolumbar Fractures

Journal of Spine | 2013 | Huilin Yang Jun Pan

Single vs Double Index Screws in Thoracolumbar Burst Fractures: A Retrospective Analysis.

Indian journal of orthopaedics | 2025 | Thangamani V, Kumar G, Raj ND, Jeyashankaran BR

Conflict of interest statement: Conflict of interestThe authors have no conflicts of interest to declare that are relevant to the content of this article. 5. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2016 Mar;41(6):483-9. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000001253. Nonoperative Management in Neurologically Intact Thoracolumbar Burst Fractures: Clinical and Radiographic Outcomes. Hitchon PW(1), Abode-Iyama...

Early Mobilization in Thoracolumbar Burst Fractures without Neurological Deficit Managed Conservatively

Journal of Orthopedic and Spine Trauma | 2023 | Sanjeev Kumar, Naresh Kumar Saini, Manish Chadha

Background: Since long, thoracolumbar burst fractures have been treated either by prolonged bed rest or by surgical fixation. In this study, outcomes of early mobilization with non-operative treatment are evaluated to avoid unnecessary surgery and complications of prolonged bed rest. Methods: This prospective observational study included 40 patients with thoracolumbar burst fra...

Can Vertical Laminar Fracture Further Discriminate Fracture Severity Between Thoracolumbar AO Type A3 and A4 Fractures?

World neurosurgery | 2021 | Aly MM, Al-Shoaibi AM, Al-Aithan A, AlJuzair AH

[Indexed for MEDLINE] 20. Global Spine J. 2022 Jul;12(6):1254-1266. doi: 10.1177/21925682211031207. Epub 2021 Jul 19. Rate and Predictors of Failure in the Conservative Management of Stable Thoracolumbar Burst Fractures: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Tan T(1)(2), Huang MS(1)(2), Rutges J(3), Marion TE(4), Fitzgerald M(2), Hunn MK(1), Tee J(1)(2). Author information: (1...

Healing pattern classification for thoracolumbar burst fractures after posterior short-segment fixation.

BMC musculoskeletal disorders | 2020 | Liang C, Liu G, Liang G, Zheng X

[Indexed for MEDLINE] Conflict of interest statement: The authors declare that they have no competing interests. 2. Rev Bras Ortop. 2015 Nov 17;45(3):236-40. doi: 10.1016/S2255-4971(15)30363-3. eCollection 2010 May-Jun. THORACOLUMBAR BURST FRACTURE: LOAD SHARING CLASSIFICATION AND POSTERIOR INSTRUMENTATION FAILURE. Avanzi O(1), Landim E(2), Meves R(3), Caffaro MF(4), de Albuque...

Management of Pediatric and Adolescent Thoracolumbar Burst Fractures

Pediatric Orthopedic Trauma Case Atlas | 2020 | José Ramírez, Heather Hansen, Craig Eberson

Vertebral body spread in thoracolumbar burst fractures can predict posterior construct failure.

The spine journal : official journal of the North American Spine Society | 2018 | De Iure F, Lofrese G, De Bonis P, Cultrera F

[Indexed for MEDLINE] 4. Indian J Orthop. 2025 Jun 12;59(8):1265-1273. doi: 10.1007/s43465-025-01433-2. eCollection 2025 Aug. Single vs Double Index Screws in Thoracolumbar Burst Fractures: A Retrospective Analysis. Thangamani V(1), Kumar G(1), Raj ND(1), Jeyashankaran BR(1), Raju S(1), Muthu C(1). Author information: (1)Department of Spine Surgery, Preethi Institute of Medical...

The Correlation Between Vertical Laminar Fractures and the Severity of Associated Burst Fractures.

World neurosurgery | 2018 | Xu JX, Zhou CW, Tang Q, Wang CG

[Indexed for MEDLINE] 9. Injury. 2016 Jun;47(6):1337-44. doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2016.03.003. Epub 2016 Mar 12. Surgical outcomes of temporary short-segment instrumentation without augmentation for thoracolumbar burst fractures. Aono H(1), Tobimatsu H(2), Ariga K(3), Kuroda M(4), Nagamoto Y(2), Takenaka S(2), Furuya M(5), Iwasaki M(6). Author information: (1)Department of Orthope...

Thoracolumbar Burst Fractures

Spinal Neurosurgery | 2018 | Omaditya Khanna, Geoffrey P. Stricsek, James S. Harrop

Ten to twenty percent of all thoracolumbar spine fractures are burst fractures. Burst fractures are typically a result of an axial-loading mechanism, such as from jumping or a fall from height. In this chapter, the authors provide an overview of the different classification systems for thoracolumbar fractures, including the Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Osteosynthesefragen (AO) class...

Importance of load sharing column and canal violation in the management of thoracolumbar burst fractures.

JBNC - JORNAL BRASILEIRO DE NEUROCIRURGIA | 2018 | Fabrizio Borges Scardino, José Marcus Rotta, Ricardo Vieira Botelho

Introduction: The ideal classification of spinal fractures should include every kind of fracture and suggest patterns of treatments. Vaccaro et al. proposed a classification and treatment rules according to a comprehensive severity score. In this one, fractures with exclusive lesion of the vertebral body, burst fractures, without either damage of the posterior ligament band or...

Additional vertebral augmentation with posterior instrumentation for unstable thoracolumbar burst fractures.

Injury | 2017 | Kao FC, Hsieh MK, Yu CW, Tsai TT

[Indexed for MEDLINE] 8. World Neurosurg. 2018 Jan;109:e829-e834. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2017.10.107. Epub 2017 Oct 28. The Correlation Between Vertical Laminar Fractures and the Severity of Associated Burst Fractures. Xu JX(1), Zhou CW(1), Tang Q(1), Wang CG(1), Li JW(1), Zhang LL(1), Xu HZ(1), Tian NF(2). Author information: (1)Zhejiang Spine Research Center, Department of Spine...

Transpedicular Corpectomy and Cage Placement in the Treatment of Traumatic Lumbar Burst Fractures.

Clinical spine surgery | 2017 | Pham MH, Tuchman A, Chen TC, Acosta FL

[Indexed for MEDLINE] 13. Spine J. 2017 Aug;17(8):1113-1119. doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2017.03.022. Epub 2017 Mar 31. Temporary short-segment pedicle screw fixation for thoracolumbar burst fractures: comparative study with or without vertebroplasty. Aono H(1), Ishii K(2), Tobimatsu H(3), Nagamoto Y(4), Takenaka S(5), Furuya M(4), Chiaki H(6), Iwasaki M(7). Author information: (1)De...

Factors predicting long-term outcome after short-segment posterior fixation for traumatic thoracolumbar fractures.

Surgical neurology international | 2017 | Sodhi HBS, Savardekar AR, Chauhan RB, Patra DP

Conflict of interest statement: There are no conflicts of interest. 17. Spine J. 2015 Aug 1;15(8):1796-803. doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2014.03.012. Epub 2014 Mar 15. Viability and long-term survival of short-segment posterior fixation in thoracolumbar burst fractures. Pellisé F(1), Barastegui D(2), Hernandez-Fernandez A(3), Barrera-Ochoa S(4), Bagó J(5), Issa-Benítez D(6), Cáceres E...

Management of Pediatric and Adolescent Thoracolumbar Burst Fractures

Pediatric Orthopedic Trauma Case Atlas | 2017 | José Ramírez, Heather Hansen, Craig Eberson

Nonoperative Management in Neurologically Intact Thoracolumbar Burst Fractures: Clinical and Radiographic Outcomes.

Spine | 2016 | Hitchon PW, Abode-Iyamah K, Dahdaleh NS, Shaffrey C

[Indexed for MEDLINE] 6. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2017 Feb;153:56-63. doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2016.12.011. Epub 2016 Dec 21. Posterior short-segment fixation in thoracolumbar unstable burst fractures - Transpedicular grafting or six-screw construct? Liao JC(1), Fan KF(2). Author information: (1)Department of Orthopedics Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University...

Surgical outcomes of temporary short-segment instrumentation without augmentation for thoracolumbar burst fractures.

Injury | 2016 | Aono H, Tobimatsu H, Ariga K, Kuroda M

[Indexed for MEDLINE] 10. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2021 May 1;46(9):E542-E550. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000003826. Thoracolumbar Burst Fracture: McCormack Load-sharing Classification: Systematic Review and Single-arm Meta-analysis. Filgueira ÉG(1)(2), Imoto AM(3), da Silva HEC(3), Meves R(1). Author information: (1)Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Santa Casa de São Paulo, São Paul...

More than 5-Year Follow-up Results of Two-Level and Three-Level Posterior Fixations of Thoracolumbar Burst Fractures with Load-Sharing Scores of Seven and Eight Points

Clinics in Orthopedic Surgery | 2016 | Sub-Ri Park, Hwa-Yeop Na, Jung-Mook Kim, Dong-Chan Eun

Radiological Outcome of Short Segment Posterior Instrumentation and Fusion for Thoracolumbar Burst Fractures.

Asian spine journal | 2015 | Vu TT, Morishita Y, Yugue I, Hayashi T

Conflict of interest statement: Conflict of Interest: No potential conflict of interest relevant to this article was reported. 16. Surg Neurol Int. 2017 Sep 26;8:233. doi: 10.4103/sni.sni_244_17. eCollection 2017. Factors predicting long-term outcome after short-segment posterior fixation for traumatic thoracolumbar fractures. Sodhi HBS(1), Savardekar AR(2), Chauhan RB(1), Patr...

Viability and long-term survival of short-segment posterior fixation in thoracolumbar burst fractures.

The spine journal : official journal of the North American Spine Society | 2015 | Pellisé F, Barastegui D, Hernandez-Fernandez A, Barrera-Ochoa S

[Indexed for MEDLINE] 18. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2010 Jul 1;35(15):E714-20. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181d7ad1d. Transpedicular fixation in management of thoracolumbar burst fractures: monosegmental fixation versus short-segment instrumentation. Wei FX(1), Liu SY, Liang CX, Li HM, Long HQ, Yu BS, Chen BL, Chen KB. Author information: (1)Department of Spinal Surgery, Huangpu Divis...

The complement of the load-sharing classification for the thoracolumbar injury classification system in managing thoracolumbar burst fractures

Journal of Orthopaedic Science | 2013 | Masaaki Machino, Yasutsugu Yukawa, Keigo Ito, Shunsuke Kanbara

Thoracolumbar Burst Fractures: To Fuse or Not to Fuse?

JBJS Orthopaedic Highlights: Spine Surgery | 2013 | Timothy Moore

Evidence for the treatment of thoracolumbar burst fractures

Current Orthopaedic Practice | 2012 | James W. Woodall, Robert A. McGuire

THORACOLUMBAR BURST FRACTURE: LOAD SHARING CLASSIFICATION AND POSTERIOR INSTRUMENTATION FAILURE.

Revista brasileira de ortopedia | 2010 | Avanzi O, Landim E, Meves R, Caffaro MF

3. Spine J. 2018 Jun;18(6):1005-1013. doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2017.10.064. Epub 2017 Oct 23. Vertebral body spread in thoracolumbar burst fractures can predict posterior construct failure. De Iure F(1), Lofrese G(2), De Bonis P(3), Cultrera F(1), Cappuccio M(1), Battisti S(4). Author information: (1)Department of Spine Surgery, Ospedale Maggiore "C.A. Pizzardi", L.go B. Nigrisoli...

Combination of the AO-Magerl and Load-Sharing Classifications for the Management of Thoracolumbar Burst Fractures

Orthopedics | 2010 | Pavlos Katonis, Dritan Pasku, Kalliopi Alpantaki, Andreas F. Mavrogenis

The AO-Magerl classification is widely accepted for the appropriate management of patients with thoracolumbar burst fractures; however, it fails to assess the ability of the injured spine to withstand compressive loading and cannot predict instrumentation failure after short-segment posterior fixation. The load-sharing classification depends on the degree of comminution and app...

Conservative Treatment of Thoracolumbar Burst Fractures

Spine | 2008 | Li-Yang Dai, Lei-Sheng Jiang, Sheng-Dan Jiang

Unstable thoracolumbar burst fractures: anterior-only versus short-segment posterior fixation.

Journal of spinal disorders & techniques | 2006 | Sasso RC, Renkens K, Hanson D, Reilly T

[Indexed for MEDLINE] 15. Asian Spine J. 2015 Jun;9(3):427-32. doi: 10.4184/asj.2015.9.3.427. Epub 2015 Jun 8. Radiological Outcome of Short Segment Posterior Instrumentation and Fusion for Thoracolumbar Burst Fractures. Vu TT(1), Morishita Y(2), Yugue I(2), Hayashi T(2), Maeda T(2), Shiba K(2). Author information: (1)Department of Spinal Pathology, Hospital for Traumatology-Or...

Interobserver and Intraobserver Reliability in the Load Sharing Classification of the Assessment of Thoracolumbar Burst Fractures

Spine | 2005 | Li-Yang Dai, Wen-Jie Jin

Anterolateral dynamized instrumentation and fusion for unstable thoracolumbar and lumbar burst fractures.

Spine | 1997 | Carl AL, Tranmer BI, Sachs BL

[Indexed for MEDLINE] 12. Clin Spine Surg. 2017 Oct;30(8):360-366. doi: 10.1097/BSD.0000000000000312. Transpedicular Corpectomy and Cage Placement in the Treatment of Traumatic Lumbar Burst Fractures. Pham MH(1), Tuchman A, Chen TC, Acosta FL, Hsieh PC, Liu JC. Author information: (1)*Department of Neurological Surgery, Keck School of Medicine †USC Spine Center, Keck Hospital,...

Spinal Canal Decompression in Traumatic Thoracolumbar

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma | 1991 | Timothy E. Doerr, Pasquale X. Montesano, J. Kenneth Burkus, Dan R. Benson

Spinal Canal Decompression in Thoracolumbar Burst Fractures Treated with Posterior Distraction Rods

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma | 1989 | P. A. Anderson, J. Crutcher, H. King