The Rod-Sleeve surgical procedure for the treatment of thoraco lumbar unstable fractures

Volume: 22 Number: 3 September 11, 2006
  • Azmi Hamzaoglu
  • Yilmaz Akalin
  • Unsal Domanic
  • Ayhan Aritamur
  • İrfan Esenkaya
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The Rod-Sleeve surgical procedure for the treatment of thoraco lumbar unstable fractures

Abstract

Between April 1987 and June 1988, 25 patients with instable thoraco lumbar fractures were operated on, using the Rod-Sleeve Procedure, in Orthopadics and Traumatology department Istanbul University, Istanbul Medical Faculty. The goals of the procedure are reduction of displacement stabilization, neural decompression and early rehabilitation. The effects of the procedure on the angle of kyphosis, loss of vertebral body height, the amount of posterior displacement and the restoration of the spinal canal were deected by preoperative and postoperative radiographics and CAT scannings. The patients were assessed according to Frankel s classification of regarding the neurologic deficit. Neurologic defictis were present at 9 of the patients, and 8 of the patients with initial neurologic deficitis were able to walk with or without crutches after the operation.

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Azmi Hamzaoglu This is me

Yilmaz Akalin This is me

Unsal Domanic This is me

Ayhan Aritamur This is me

İrfan Esenkaya This is me

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September 11, 2006

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March 5, 2014

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Year 1970 Volume: 22 Number: 3

APA
Hamzaoglu, A., Akalin, Y., Domanic, U., Aritamur, A., & Esenkaya, İ. (2006). The Rod-Sleeve surgical procedure for the treatment of thoraco lumbar unstable fractures. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, 22(3), 79-84. https://doi.org/10.3944/aott.v22i3.1003
AMA
1.Hamzaoglu A, Akalin Y, Domanic U, Aritamur A, Esenkaya İ. The Rod-Sleeve surgical procedure for the treatment of thoraco lumbar unstable fractures. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica. 2006;22(3):79-84. doi:10.3944/aott.v22i3.1003
Chicago
Hamzaoglu, Azmi, Yilmaz Akalin, Unsal Domanic, Ayhan Aritamur, and İrfan Esenkaya. 2006. “The Rod-Sleeve Surgical Procedure for the Treatment of Thoraco Lumbar Unstable Fractures”. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica 22 (3): 79-84. https://doi.org/10.3944/aott.v22i3.1003.
EndNote
Hamzaoglu A, Akalin Y, Domanic U, Aritamur A, Esenkaya İ (September 1, 2006) The Rod-Sleeve surgical procedure for the treatment of thoraco lumbar unstable fractures. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica 22 3 79–84.
IEEE
[1]A. Hamzaoglu, Y. Akalin, U. Domanic, A. Aritamur, and İ. Esenkaya, “The Rod-Sleeve surgical procedure for the treatment of thoraco lumbar unstable fractures”, Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 79–84, Sept. 2006, doi: 10.3944/aott.v22i3.1003.
ISNAD
Hamzaoglu, Azmi - Akalin, Yilmaz - Domanic, Unsal - Aritamur, Ayhan - Esenkaya, İrfan. “The Rod-Sleeve Surgical Procedure for the Treatment of Thoraco Lumbar Unstable Fractures”. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica 22/3 (September 1, 2006): 79-84. https://doi.org/10.3944/aott.v22i3.1003.
JAMA
1.Hamzaoglu A, Akalin Y, Domanic U, Aritamur A, Esenkaya İ. The Rod-Sleeve surgical procedure for the treatment of thoraco lumbar unstable fractures. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica. 2006;22:79–84.
MLA
Hamzaoglu, Azmi, et al. “The Rod-Sleeve Surgical Procedure for the Treatment of Thoraco Lumbar Unstable Fractures”. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, vol. 22, no. 3, Sept. 2006, pp. 79-84, doi:10.3944/aott.v22i3.1003.
Vancouver
1.Azmi Hamzaoglu, Yilmaz Akalin, Unsal Domanic, Ayhan Aritamur, İrfan Esenkaya. The Rod-Sleeve surgical procedure for the treatment of thoraco lumbar unstable fractures. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica. 2006 Sep. 1;22(3):79-84. doi:10.3944/aott.v22i3.1003