====== Thoracolumbar spine fracture treatment ======

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The primary goal of treatment of the [[Thoracolumbar spine fracture]] is keeping patients alive, protecting from further neural damage, obtaining stability by reconstructing anatomical alignment of spinal columns and returning patients to the workplace through early mobilization and rehabilitation. These fundamental principles have not been changed for decades. However, it has been an ongoing controversy in determining treatment methods until now.

===== Indications =====

[[Thoracolumbar spine fracture treatment indications]].
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From a biomechanical point of view long-segment posterior fixation (LSPF) still represent a biomechanically superior option for treating [[thoracolumbar burst fracture]]s (BF)
((Elmasry S, Asfour S, Travascio F. Effectiveness of pedicle screw inclusion at 
the fracture level in short-segment fixation constructs for the treatment of
thoracolumbar burst fractures: a computational biomechanics analysis. Comput
Methods Biomech Biomed Engin. 2017 Aug 17:1-9. doi:
10.1080/10255842.2017.1366995. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 28817960.
)).

===== Thoracolumbar burst fracture treatment =====
[[Thoracolumbar burst fracture treatment]].


===== Surgery =====

[[Thoracolumbar spine fracture surgery]].