Clinical radiological results of segmented instrumentation in thoracolumbar vertebral fractures at Guillermo Almenara National Hospital
The authors present a retrospective and descriptive study of 34 patients, 25 men and 9 women 9; mean age 33.23 years, with diagnosis of thoracolumbar vertebral fracture treated surgically with instrumentation (transpedicular fixation or anterior plaque) in the Department of Neurosurgery of Guillermo AlmenaraHospital in Peru between Jan 1996 and Dec 2002. The average follow-up was 23 months (from 8 to 36 months) and all had neurological deficit: total(14) and partial(20).