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The Association between Sagittal Index, Canal Compromise, Loss of Vertebral Body Height, and Severity of Spinal Cord Injury in Thoracolumbar Burst Fractures

AIM: Our aim was to determine whether a combination of sagittal index (SI), canal compromise (CC), and loss of vertebral body height (LVBH) is associated with the severity of neurological injury in patients with thoracolumbar burst fractures. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Seventy-four patients with thoraco...

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Autores principales: Yüksel, Mehmet Onur, Gürbüz, Mehmet Sabri, Gök, Şevki, Karaarslan, Numan, İş, Merih, Berkman, Mehmet Zafer
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5244062/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28163505
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-3147.196466
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author Yüksel, Mehmet Onur
Gürbüz, Mehmet Sabri
Gök, Şevki
Karaarslan, Numan
İş, Merih
Berkman, Mehmet Zafer
author_facet Yüksel, Mehmet Onur
Gürbüz, Mehmet Sabri
Gök, Şevki
Karaarslan, Numan
İş, Merih
Berkman, Mehmet Zafer
author_sort Yüksel, Mehmet Onur
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description AIM: Our aim was to determine whether a combination of sagittal index (SI), canal compromise (CC), and loss of vertebral body height (LVBH) is associated with the severity of neurological injury in patients with thoracolumbar burst fractures. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Seventy-four patients with thoracolumbar burst fracture undergoing instrumentation between 2010 and 2015 were analyzed retrospectively. The degree of neurological injury was determined using the American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) scoring system. The association between the morphology of the fracture and the severity of neurological injury was analyzed. RESULTS: There was a strong association between fracture morphology and the severity of neurological injury. Of the patients, 77.5% with SI ≥20°, 81.6% with CC ≥40%, and 100% with LVBH ≥50% had lesion according to ASIA. All of 7 patients with ASIA A had SI ≥20°, CC ≥40%, and LVBH ≥50%. On the other hand, 79% of the patients with ASIA E had SI <20°, 83.7% of the patients with ASIA E had CC <40%, and all of the patients with ASIA E had LVBH <50%. SI, CC, and LVBH were lower in neurologically intact patients (ASIA E), whereas they were higher in patients with neurological deficits (ASIA A, B, C, D) (P = 0.001; P < 0.01). These measurements had 100% negative predictive values and relatively high positive predictive values. CONCLUSION: SI, CC, and LVBH are significantly associated with the severity of neurological injury in patients with thoracolumbar burst fractures. The patients with SI >25°, the patients with CC >40%, and the patients with LVBH >50% are likely to have a more severe neurological injury.
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spelling pubmed-52440622017-02-03 The Association between Sagittal Index, Canal Compromise, Loss of Vertebral Body Height, and Severity of Spinal Cord Injury in Thoracolumbar Burst Fractures Yüksel, Mehmet Onur Gürbüz, Mehmet Sabri Gök, Şevki Karaarslan, Numan İş, Merih Berkman, Mehmet Zafer J Neurosci Rural Pract Original Article AIM: Our aim was to determine whether a combination of sagittal index (SI), canal compromise (CC), and loss of vertebral body height (LVBH) is associated with the severity of neurological injury in patients with thoracolumbar burst fractures. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Seventy-four patients with thoracolumbar burst fracture undergoing instrumentation between 2010 and 2015 were analyzed retrospectively. The degree of neurological injury was determined using the American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) scoring system. The association between the morphology of the fracture and the severity of neurological injury was analyzed. RESULTS: There was a strong association between fracture morphology and the severity of neurological injury. Of the patients, 77.5% with SI ≥20°, 81.6% with CC ≥40%, and 100% with LVBH ≥50% had lesion according to ASIA. All of 7 patients with ASIA A had SI ≥20°, CC ≥40%, and LVBH ≥50%. On the other hand, 79% of the patients with ASIA E had SI <20°, 83.7% of the patients with ASIA E had CC <40%, and all of the patients with ASIA E had LVBH <50%. SI, CC, and LVBH were lower in neurologically intact patients (ASIA E), whereas they were higher in patients with neurological deficits (ASIA A, B, C, D) (P = 0.001; P < 0.01). These measurements had 100% negative predictive values and relatively high positive predictive values. CONCLUSION: SI, CC, and LVBH are significantly associated with the severity of neurological injury in patients with thoracolumbar burst fractures. The patients with SI >25°, the patients with CC >40%, and the patients with LVBH >50% are likely to have a more severe neurological injury. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016-12 /pmc/articles/PMC5244062/ /pubmed/28163505 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-3147.196466 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
spellingShingle Original Article
Yüksel, Mehmet Onur
Gürbüz, Mehmet Sabri
Gök, Şevki
Karaarslan, Numan
İş, Merih
Berkman, Mehmet Zafer
The Association between Sagittal Index, Canal Compromise, Loss of Vertebral Body Height, and Severity of Spinal Cord Injury in Thoracolumbar Burst Fractures
title The Association between Sagittal Index, Canal Compromise, Loss of Vertebral Body Height, and Severity of Spinal Cord Injury in Thoracolumbar Burst Fractures
title_full The Association between Sagittal Index, Canal Compromise, Loss of Vertebral Body Height, and Severity of Spinal Cord Injury in Thoracolumbar Burst Fractures
title_fullStr The Association between Sagittal Index, Canal Compromise, Loss of Vertebral Body Height, and Severity of Spinal Cord Injury in Thoracolumbar Burst Fractures
title_full_unstemmed The Association between Sagittal Index, Canal Compromise, Loss of Vertebral Body Height, and Severity of Spinal Cord Injury in Thoracolumbar Burst Fractures
title_short The Association between Sagittal Index, Canal Compromise, Loss of Vertebral Body Height, and Severity of Spinal Cord Injury in Thoracolumbar Burst Fractures
title_sort association between sagittal index, canal compromise, loss of vertebral body height, and severity of spinal cord injury in thoracolumbar burst fractures
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5244062/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28163505
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-3147.196466
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