What are the 4 main types of thoracic spine fractures?
There are many different types of spinal fractures: Compression, Burst, Flexion-distraction, and Fracture-dislocation.
What level is thoracolumbar?
It starts at the base of your neck and ends at the bottom of your ribs. It’s the longest section of your spine. Your thoracic spine consists of 12 vertebrae, labeled T1 through T12. Vertebrae are the 33 individual, interlocking bones that form your spinal column.
What is an A1 fracture?
Type A1 injuries are compression fractures involving a single endplate without involvement of the posterior wall of the vertebral body. A-type injuries are in general a failure of anterior structures under compression with intact tension band.
What is a thoracolumbar spine?
Thoracolumbar spine is the transitional zone between the stiff thoracic cage and the mobile lumbar spine. Therefore, it is a vulnerable region for injury, including fracture and dislocation. Classification for the thoracolumbar injury is still controversial.
What is the thoracolumbar region?
Thoracolumbar spine is the transitional zone between the stiff thoracic cage and the mobile lumbar spine. Therefore, it is a vulnerable region for injury, including fracture and dislocation.
What is a thoracolumbar fracture?
A thoracolumbar fracture means that a bone is broken in the thoracic (middle) or lumbar (lower back) region of the spine. There are approximately 15,000 thoracolumbar fractures each year in the U.S., and nearly 1/3 of these injuries are associated with a neurologic injury or paraplegia.
What is a thoracolumbar injury?
Thoracolumbar fractures are breakages in the vertebrae of the spinal column in the thoracic and lumbar regions. They may be associated with disruption of the ligamentous complexes, and can result in instability or compression of neural structures. Thoracolumbar fractures are the usual outcome of thoracolumbar trauma.
What is a thoracolumbar strain?
Thoracic or lumbar muscle strain is caused when muscle fibers are abnormally stretched or torn. Thoracic or lumbar sprain is caused when ligaments, the tough bands of tissue that hold bones together, are torn from their attachments. Both of these can result from a sudden injury or from gradual overuse.
What is the AO spine thoracolumbar classification?
The AO Spine Thoracolumbar and Subaxial Injury Classification systems are the result of a systematic assessment and revision of the Magerl classification. The AO Spine Classification Group reached a consensus on a classification that incorporates both fracture morphology and clinical factors relevant for clinical decision making.
What is AO spine Knowledge Forum trauma?
The AO Spine Knowledge Forum Trauma was given the task to develop and validate a new classification system. The AO Spine Thoracolumbar and Subaxial Injury Classification systems are the result of a systematic assessment and revision of the Magerl classification.
What is new in the classification of thoracolumbar injuries?
A new classification of thoracolumbar injuries: the importance of injury morphology, the integrity of the posterior ligamentous complex, and neurologic status. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2005;30:2325-2333.
What is the thoracolumbar and subaxial classification?
The AOSpine Thoracolumbar and Subaxial Classification systems are the result of a systematic assessment and revision of the Magerl classification. The AOSpine Classification Group reached a consensus on a classification that incorporates both fracture morphology and clinical factors relevant for clinical decision making.