Letter to the Chief Editor: Outcome of thoracolumbar burst fractures treated with indirect reduction and fixation without fusion. Huilin Yang, Jin-hui Shi, Molly Ebraheim, Xiaochen Liu, Joseph Konrad, Ibrahim Husain, Tian-si Tang, Jiayong Liu Eur Spine J. Published online 8 August 2010

[摘要] We read with great interest the article written by Liu et al. This retrospective study included patients with type A or C according AO classification non-osteoporosis thoracolumbar fractures. They were treated with posterior fixation without fusion after indirect reduction. Almost all patients had instrumentation removal at 9–12 months post-operative. The authors report good long-term outcome for the great majority of included patients.

[学科分类] 骨科学