Jin-Ming Xing, Wen-Ming Peng, Chu-Yun Shi, Lei Xu, Qi-Huao Pan
OBJECTIVE: To analyze the reason and strategy for failure of posterior pedicle screw short-segment internal fixation on thoracolumbar fractures. METHODS: From March 2008 to December 2010,the clinical data of 18 patients with thoracolumbar fracture failed in posterior pedicle screw short-segment internal fixation were retrospectively analyzed. There were 11 males and 7 females with an average age of 37.2 years (ranged, 19 to 63). The time from the first operation to complication occurrence was from 6 to 44 months with an average of 14...
March 2013: Zhongguo Gu Shang, China Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology