• J Spinal Disord · Oct 2000

    Radiographic parameters for evaluating the neurological spaces in experimental thoracolumbar burst fractures.

    • T Isomi, M M Panjabi, Y Kato, and J L Wang.
    • Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven 06520-8071, Connecticut, USA.
    • J Spinal Disord. 2000 Oct 1;13(5):404-11.

    AbstractIt is important to know the condition of neural spaces during the nonoperative treatment of thoracolumbar burst fractures. The goals of the current study were to identify the correlation between the degree of deformity of a fractured vertebra and the encroachment of neural spaces, and to determine how the encroachment and the deformity can be improved by the extension posture simulating the postural reduction. Experimental burst fractures were produced in L1 vertebrae of nine human thoracolumbar spine segments (T11-L3) with neural spaces lined with tiny steel balls. Lateral radiographs were taken in neutral and extended posture before and after the trauma. Anterior vertebral height, posterior vertebral height, vertebral height ratio, vertebral kyphotic angle, posterior vertebral body angle, and the cross diagonal angle were the geometric parameters used to describe the vertebral deformity. The canal diameter and superior and inferior intervertebral foramen areas were defined as the neural spaces. All parameters were measured on the scanned images of radiographs, as seen on the computer screen. Among the vertebral body parameters, the posterior vertebral height, posterior vertebral body angle, and cross diagonal angle showed significantly higher correlations with the canal encroachment. The extended posture did not improve the canal and intervertebral foramen encroachments. The kyphotic deformity (vertebral kyphotic angle and anterior vertebral height) was improved but the deformity of the vertebral posterior wall (posterior vertebral height and posterior vertebral body angle) was not improved because of the extended posture.

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