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TREATMENT OF THORACIC AND LUMBAR SPINE AND SPINAL CORD INJURY IN CHILDREN

https://doi.org/10.14531/ss2006.1.13-19

Abstract

Objective. To assess results of surgical treatment and to develop an optimal management regiment of patients with spine and spinal cord injury.

Material and methods. Twenty patients, age 9 to 17 years, with complicated unstable spinal injuries were operated on. Out of them 13patients had severe Frankel grades A, B, C neurological disorders, 7 patients – grades D and Er. Seventeen patients had burst fractures, one – seat-belt injury, and two – fracture-dislocations. Surgery was performed in the first hours following the trauma in 9 patients, within two weeks – in 9, and after 15 days – in two. Burst fractures with grades A, B, C were treated by simultaneous posterior reposition and fixation of the injured segment, and anterior decompression and fusion. Grade D and Er was treated initially by indirect posterior reduction and fixation of the involved segment. If neurological disorders still remained decompression and body fusion were performed. Posterior-lateral decompression and instrumental fixation were performed in cases of seat-belt injuries. Fracture-dislocation was treated by decompression laminoplasty, spinal canal revision, followed by posterior reposition and fixation.

Results. Two patients with burst fractures and grade A neurological disorders have shown a regression to the grade D. Dynamics of neurological restoration to grades B and C was observed in 4patients. The patient with grade B has not shown any regression. A positive dynamics with motor function improvement was observed in 4 patients with grade C. Seven patients (6 with burst fractures, 1 with seat-belt trauma) with grade D and Er were operated on within first hours and day after the trauma. First stage of surgical treatment provided elimination of neurological deficit in 5 cases. Two patients with grade D required the second stage. Regression of neurological deficit was not achieved in patients with fracture-dislocations.

Conclusion. Surgical treatment of patients with complicated spine and spinal cord injury should be performed within first 6–8 hours after the trauma.

About the Authors

Eduard Vladimirovich Ulrikh
St. Petersburg State Pediatric Medical Academy
Russian Federation


Sergey Valentinivich Vissarionov
Research Pediatric Orthopaedic Institute n.a. G.I. Turner, St. Petersburg
Russian Federation


Aleksandr Yuryevich Mushkin
St. Petersburg Research Institute of Phthisiopulmonology, St. Petersburg Medical Academy of Postgraduate Studies
Russian Federation


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Ulrikh E.V., Vissarionov S.V., Mushkin A.Yu. TREATMENT OF THORACIC AND LUMBAR SPINE AND SPINAL CORD INJURY IN CHILDREN. Russian Journal of Spine Surgery (Khirurgiya Pozvonochnika). 2006;(1):013-019. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.14531/ss2006.1.13-19



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