COMPLEX TREATMENT OF PATIENT WITH MULTIPLE FRACTURES OF THE VERTEBRAE IN THE THORACIC SPINE

S. V. Vissarionov; I. V. Pavlov; M. G. Gusev; G. A. Lein

doi:10.21823/2311-2905-2012--2-91-95

Travmatologiâ i Ortopediâ Rossii (Jun 2012)

COMPLEX TREATMENT OF PATIENT WITH MULTIPLE FRACTURES OF THE VERTEBRAE IN THE THORACIC SPINE

S. V. Vissarionov,
I. V. Pavlov,
M. G. Gusev,
G. A. Lein

Affiliations

S. V. Vissarionov: The Turner Scientific and Research Institute for Children 's Orthopedics
I. V. Pavlov: Saint Petersburg Scientific and Practical Center of Medical and Social Expertise, Prosthetics and Rehabilitation of the Disabled named after G.A. Albrech
M. G. Gusev: Saint Petersburg Scientific and Practical Center of Medical and Social Expertise, Prosthetics and Rehabilitation of the Disabled named after G.A. Albrech
G. A. Lein: Saint Petersburg Scientific and Practical Center of Medical and Social Expertise, Prosthetics and Rehabilitation of the Disabled named after G.A. Albrech

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21823/2311-2905-2012--2-91-95
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 0, no. 2
pp. 91 – 95

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The authors presented an example of a complex treatment of pediatric patient with multiple fractures of the vertebrae in the thoracic spine. The child was operated on the burst fracture of a Th5 vertebra. Due to the presence of vertebral compression fractures Th8 a course of conservative treatment by the orthosis in hyperextension brace. Follow-up was 15 months.

Published in Travmatologiâ i Ortopediâ Rossii

ISSN: 2311-2905 (Print); 2542-0933 (Online)
Publisher: Vreden Russian Research Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics
Country of publisher: Russian Federation
LCC subjects: Medicine: Surgery: Orthopedic surgery
Website: http://journal.rniito.org/

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