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6729587

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1984-7-9
pubmed:abstractText
In some quadriplegic patients whose acute spinal injury consists of a vertebral body fracture with bony retropulsion anteriorly and ligamentous damage posteriorly, it is appropriate to perform a decompression of the injured spinal cord by excision of the fractured body. Reconstruction of such a spine to achieve immediate and ultimate stability can be quite difficult. This is a report of mechanical testing using a canine in vitro experimental model to simulate different general types of reconstruction systems applicable to the spine destabilized as above. The results explain some of the previously noted failures of the traditional anterior strut grafting procedures. In addition, one of the reconstruction systems tested (anterior and posterior tension bands compressing an anterior strut graft into place) appeared to have sufficient immediate stability to eliminate the need for a halo-vest in the postoperative period. If such a reconstruction system were to prove clinically applicable, it would be quite beneficial to the quadriplegic patient in his rehabilitation.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0362-2436
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
9
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
240-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-7-9
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1984
pubmed:articleTitle
Reconstruction of the cervical spine following anterior vertebral body resection: a mechanical analysis of a canine experimental model.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.