RESULTS OF A LOCKING-HOOK SPINAL ROD FOR FRACTURES OF THE THORACIC AND LUMBAR SPINE

被引:9
作者
GERTZBEIN, SD [1 ]
JACOBS, RR [1 ]
STOLL, J [1 ]
MARTIN, C [1 ]
MARKS, P [1 ]
FAZI, M [1 ]
ROWED, D [1 ]
SCHWARTZ, M [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV TORONTO,SUNNYBROOK MED CTR,ACUTE SPINAL INJURIES UNIT,TORONTO M4N 3M5,ONTARIO,CANADA
关键词
Clinical experience; Internal fixation; Locking-hook spinal rod; Spinal fracture;
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10.1097/00007632-199004000-00005
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R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
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摘要
The results of a consecutive series of 110 patients treated with the locking-hook spinal rod are presented. A prospective protocol was completed in 95 patients. Pain was absent or mild in 93%. In those patients with a partial neurologic deficit, there was recovery of at least one Frankel grade in 84%. The overall kyphotic deformity was reduced from 21 to 17°. In those patients in whom no anterior surgery was performed, the deformity improved from 21 to 13°. No rod fractures occurred, and the overall instrument complication rate was 13.7%, of which one was due to infection and four secondary to uncrimped nuts, for a true complication rate of 8.4%. The lockinghook spinal rod has proven to be a satisfactory internal fixation device in the treatment of unstable thoracolumbar fractures. © Lippincott-Raven Publishers.
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