caa a22 4500 477107532 CHVBK 20180405111558.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19960301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF01411743 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF01411743 Posterolateral decompression and stabilization of thoracolumbar injuries using diapason instrumentation [Elektronische Daten] [P. Ciappetta, R. Delfini, G. Costanzo] Summary: The authors describe a series of 28 patients with thoracolumbar spine injury who were decompressed via a posterolateral approach and stabilized with a new material for osteosynthesis called Diapason. Similarly to other osteosynthesis systems, it combines the advantages of pedicular fixation and rod stabilization. All patients were studied pre- and postoperative by plain X-ray films, standard and 3-D CT scan. The sagittal index (S.I.) was calculated in all patients to quantify segmental sagittal deformity. Patient follow-up ranged from 1 to 3 years. Twenty-two patients who presented with neurological deficit improved (78.5%). Twenty-six patients (92.8%) developed osseous union and 5 patients with spinal deformity (S.I. > 15 °) presented a postoperative S.I. of less than 5 ° at long-term check-up; S.I. underwent a current of 2 ° in one patient only but it remained stable at subsequent controls. Instrument failure occurred in 4 cases (screw breakage in 1 case, rod displacement in 3) but only one required reoperation because the others were asymptomatic and presented solid fusions. Springer-Verlag, 1996 Spine nationallicence thoracolumbar injuries nationallicence decompression nationallicence stabilization nationallicence Ciappetta P. Department of Neurotraumatology, University of Rome "La Sapienza”, Rome aut Delfini R. Department of Neurotraumatology, University of Rome "La Sapienza”, Rome aut Costanzo G. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy aut Acta Neurochirurgica Springer-Verlag 138/3(1996-03-01), 314-321 0001-6268 138:3<314 1996 138 701 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01411743 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01411743 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ciappetta P. Department of Neurotraumatology, University of Rome "La Sapienza”, Rome aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Delfini R. Department of Neurotraumatology, University of Rome "La Sapienza”, Rome aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Costanzo G. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Acta Neurochirurgica Springer-Verlag 138/3(1996-03-01), 314-321 0001-6268 138:3<314 1996 138 701 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer