Minimally invasive spine surgeries for treatment of thoracolumbar fractures of spine: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Many minimally invasive surgical (MIS) techniques have been developed for instrumentation of spine. These MIS techniques restore stability, alignment while achieving return to function quite early as compared to open spine surgeries. The main aim of this review was to evaluate role, indications and complications of these MIS techniques in Thoracolumbar and Lumbar fractures.

Methods

Pubmed search using key words such as"Percutaneous pedicle screw for Thoracolumbar fractures" and "Video Assisted Thoracoscopy, Thoracoscopic, VATS for thoracolumbar, Lumbar and Spine fractures" were used till July 2016 while doing literature search. Authors analyzed all the articles, which came after search; the articles relevant to the topic were selected and used for the study. Both pro

SUBMITTER: Pannu CD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6823763 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature