Status:
COMPLETED
Short Segment vs Long Segment Fixation in Traumatic Dorsolumbar Spine Fractures
Lead Sponsor:
Ain Shams University
Conditions:
SPINAL Fracture
Eligibility:
All Genders
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
A prospective study included 91 patients, who had single level thoracolumbar fracture with Cobb's angle ≤ 25⁰, underwent posterior fixation. Forty four patients underwent short segment fixation with s...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- wedge fracture or burst fracture with Thoraco-Lumbar Injury Classification and Severity (TLICS) score ≥ 4
- Single level fracture
- Less than 50% of spinal canal compromised
- Mild kyphosis or scoliosis
- Cobb's angle ≤ 25˚
- with or without neurological deficit
Exclusion
- patients with multiple level fractures
- patients with more than 50% spinal canal compromise
- patients who needed anterior approach to decompress the canal
- patients who have fracture dislocation and / or marked kyphosis and scoliosis with Cobb's angle \>25⁰
- patients who needed 360⁰ fixation with long segment fixation to maintain the angle of correction.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
February 1 2012
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
November 30 2016
Estimated Enrollment :
91 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03272243
Start Date
February 1 2012
End Date
November 30 2016
Last Update
September 6 2017
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