Operative Treatment of Spinal Fractures with the AO Internal Fixator Journal Articles

abstract

• A multicentered prospective trial to investigate the usefulness of the AO spinal internal fixator for the treatment of thoracolumbar fractures and fracture-dislocations was undertaken. This pedicle screw-rod system was effective in stabilizing a variety of unstable fracture patterns. It was effective in decompressing the canal of retropulsed bony fragments associated with burst fractures. By the use of this implant, sagittal plane deformity was easily corrected.

authors

• ESSES, SI
• BOTSFORD, DJ
• WRIGHT, T
• Bednar, Drew
• BAILEY, S

status

• published 

publication date

• March 1991

has subject area

• 0903 Biomedical Engineering (FoR)
• 1103 Clinical Sciences (FoR)
• Adult (MeSH)
• Bone Screws (MeSH)
• Equipment Design (MeSH)
• Female (MeSH)
• Fracture Fixation, Internal (MeSH)
• Humans (MeSH)
• Internal Fixators (MeSH)
• Joint Dislocations (MeSH)
• Lumbar Vertebrae (MeSH)
• Male (MeSH)
• Orthopedics (Science Metrix)
• Spinal Fractures (MeSH)
• Spinal Fusion (MeSH)
• Thoracic Vertebrae (MeSH)

published in

• Spine  Journal

keywords

• Adult
• Bone Screws
• Equipment Design
• Female
• Fracture Fixation, Internal
• Humans
• Internal Fixators
• Joint Dislocations
• Lumbar Vertebrae
• Male
• Spinal Fractures
• Spinal Fusion
• Thoracic Vertebrae

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1097/00007632-199103001-00021

PubMed ID

• 2028330

start page

• S146

end page

• S150

volume

• 16

issue

• Supplement