Flash Card 4 - Vertebral fractures
Burst Fracture
Mc affee - Wedge Compression , Anterior Column injury
Stable Burst - Posterior Column intact
Unstable Burst - All 3 columns involved.
Unstable Burst fracture
Loss of body height , canal occlusion , angulation , communition
Principle of management
prevent further neurological damage
stabilize
restore anatomy
early rehabilitation
minimizes pain and deformity
Chance fracture
Pure bony injury .
Posterir to anterior through spinous pedicles and vertebral bodies.
Kyphosis
Non op.
average 15 degrees ; 3-5 % increase at age around 60
Surgery more than that
increase more on long segment fixation .
Some authorities also recommend non op meaures in the beginning and do surgery only if people
develop lumbar stenonsis and neruorgenic claudication later.
TLICS
1.Immediate Stability Thoracic/Lumbar Subaxial/C. vertebrae
Compression 1 1
Burst 2 2
Translation 3 4
Distraction 4 3
based on CT.
2. PLC Integrity
Intact 0 0
Suspected 2 1
Injured 3 2
based on MRI
3. Neurological Status
Intact 0 0
Nerve root involved 2 1
Complete cord 2 2
Incomplete cord 3 3
Cauda Equina 3 4
based on physical examination
Management Decision
0 -3 No surgery
4 surgery choice
> 4 - surgery
PLC - Ligament flavum , articular facet capsules , interspinous ligament, supraspinous ligament
Very strong.
Paraplegia
who require surgery
1.a dry lesion
2.thick dural arachnoid complex
3. cord small and irregular
4.cord small and irregular
5. cord with features of myelomalacia
Who don't require surgery ?
preserved cord
cord edema , myelitis ,
fluid collection - extradural space
Mc affee - Wedge Compression , Anterior Column injury
Stable Burst - Posterior Column intact
Unstable Burst - All 3 columns involved.
Unstable Burst fracture
Loss of body height , canal occlusion , angulation , communition
Principle of management
prevent further neurological damage
stabilize
restore anatomy
early rehabilitation
minimizes pain and deformity
Chance fracture
Pure bony injury .
Posterir to anterior through spinous pedicles and vertebral bodies.
Kyphosis
Non op.
average 15 degrees ; 3-5 % increase at age around 60
Surgery more than that
increase more on long segment fixation .
Some authorities also recommend non op meaures in the beginning and do surgery only if people
develop lumbar stenonsis and neruorgenic claudication later.
TLICS
1.Immediate Stability Thoracic/Lumbar Subaxial/C. vertebrae
Compression 1 1
Burst 2 2
Translation 3 4
Distraction 4 3
based on CT.
2. PLC Integrity
Intact 0 0
Suspected 2 1
Injured 3 2
based on MRI
3. Neurological Status
Intact 0 0
Nerve root involved 2 1
Complete cord 2 2
Incomplete cord 3 3
Cauda Equina 3 4
based on physical examination
Management Decision
0 -3 No surgery
4 surgery choice
> 4 - surgery
PLC - Ligament flavum , articular facet capsules , interspinous ligament, supraspinous ligament
Very strong.
Paraplegia
who require surgery
1.a dry lesion
2.thick dural arachnoid complex
3. cord small and irregular
4.cord small and irregular
5. cord with features of myelomalacia
Who don't require surgery ?
preserved cord
cord edema , myelitis ,
fluid collection - extradural space
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