Treatment of thoracolumbar XXXX .

@entity1 @entity174 @entity16 @entity51 @entity85
OBJECTIVE: To study the outcome of @entity1 with thoracolumbar @entity174 treated surgically or conservatively at the Armed Forces Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, between the year 1989 through to 1999. METHODS: The medical and surgical record of all @entity1 diagnosed as having thoracolumbar @entity174 (thoracic 10-lumbar 12) between the years 1989 to 1999 were reviewed. The parameter studies included the personal @entity1 data, type of @entity174 , mechanism and cause of @entity16 . For the outcome, the method of treatment and recovery from @entity51 , return to pre-injury activity and work as well as complications were noted. RESULTS: One hundred @entity1 were treated for thoracolumbar @entity174 . Seventy two percent were related to motor vehicle accident, 37% had @entity51 , 19 of them had complete lesion. Thoracic 12 Lumbar 1 constituted 63% of injury level. Forty-four @entity1 were treated surgically whereas 56 had conservative treatment. At follow up, 17 @entity1 had complete recovery from @entity51 while 6 had partial recovery and 14 had no recovery at all. No major complication has occurred due to method of treatment in both groups. CONCLUSION: Treatment of thoracolumbar @entity174 was carried out using both surgical and conservative methods. In our view, surgical treatment is indicated in cases of instability or removal of retropulsive fragment if there is @entity51 or to @entity85 . For other cases conservative treatment was selected and gave satisfactory results.
