Design and clinical application of a new extracorporeal reduction device for percutaneous pedicle screw fixation in treatment of thoracolumbar fractures_Chinese Journal of Reparative and Reconstructive Surgery

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 ZOU Wei , XIAO Jie , LONG Hao , HE Hui , WU Chen , FENG Mingxing , ZHOU Changjun

Department of Spine Surgery, the Fourth People’s Hospital of Guiyang, Guiyang Guizhou, 550002, P.R.China;

Corresponding author：

ZOU Wei, Email: zw8765019@163.com

Keywords：

Thoracolumbar fracture; minimally invasive technique; fracture reduction; internal fixation; new reduction device

DOI：

10.7507/1002-1892.201608117

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Objective To design a new extracorporeal reduction device for percutaneous pedicle screw fixation of thoracolumbar fractures (short for “new reduction device”), and to evaluate its effectiveness. Methods According to the mechanism of thoracolumbar fractures and biomechanics characteristic of reduction, a new reduction device was designed and used in a combination with long U-shaped hollow pedicle screw system. Between January 2014 and January 2016, 36 patients (group A) with single segment thoracolumbar fracture without neurological complications underwent percutaneous pedicle screw fixation, and the clinical data were compared with those of another 39 patients (group B) with thoracolumbar fracture underwent traditional open pedicle screw fixation. There was no significant difference in gender, age, cause of injury, classification of fractures, segments of fractures, injury to operation interval, height percentage of injury vertebrae, and kyphotic angle between 2 groups (P>0.05). The 2 groups were compared in terms of operation time, length of incision, intraoperative blood loss, drainage volume, visual analogue scale (VAS) at postoperative 24 hours, fluoroscopy frequency, ambulation time, height percentage of injury vertebrae, kyphotic angle and correction. Results Group A was significantly better than group B in the operation time, length of incision, intraoperative blood loss, drainage volume, VAS score at postoperative 24 hours, and ambulation time (P<0.05). However, fluoroscopy frequency of group B was significantly less than that of group A (P<0.05). All patients were followed up 11.2 months on average (range, 7-15 months). There was no intraoperative and postoperative complications of iatrogenic nerve injury, infection, breakage of internal fixation. Mild pulling-out of pedicle screws occurred in 1 case of group A during operation. The kyphotic angle and height percentage of the fractured vertebral body were significantly improved at 3 days after operation when compared with preoperative ones (P<0.05), but no significant difference was found between 2 groups at 3 days after operation (P>0.05). Conclusion Minimally invasive extracorporeal reduction device for percutaneous pedicle screw fixation is an effective and safe treatment of thoracic vertebrae and lumbar vertebrae fractures, because of little trauma, less bleeding, and quicker recovery.

Citation： ZOUWei, XIAOJie, LONGHao, HEHui, WUChen, FENGMingxing, ZHOUChangjun. Design and clinical application of a new extracorporeal reduction device for percutaneous pedicle screw fixation in treatment of thoracolumbar fractures. Chinese Journal of Reparative and Reconstructive Surgery, 2017, 31(1): 66-72. doi: 10.7507/1002-1892.201608117 Copy

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4. Mathews HH, Long BH. Endoscopy assisted percutaneous anterior interbody fusion with subcutaneous suprafascial internal fixation: evolution of technique and surgical considerations. Orthop Int ED, 1995, 3(6): 496-500.
5. Kim DY, Lee SH, Chung SK, et al. Comparison of multifidus muscle atrophy and trunk extension muscle strenhth: percutaneous versus open pedicle screw fixation. Spine (Phila Pa 1976), 2005, 30(1): 123-129.
6. Palmisani M, Gasbarrini A, Brodano GB, et al. Minimally invasive percutaneous fixation in the treatment of thoracic and lumbar spine fractures. Eur Spine J, 2009, 18 Suppl 1: 71-74.
7. Ni WF, Huang YX, Chi YL, et al. Percutaneous pedicle screw fixation for neurological intact thoracolumbar burst fractures. J Spinal Disord Tech, 2010, 23(8): 530-537.
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9. Prokop A, Löhlein F, Chmielnicki M, et al. Minimally invasive percutaneous instrumentation for spine fractures. Unfallchirurg, 2009, 112(7): 621-624, 626-628.
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11. 李长青, 罗刚, 周跃, 等. 新型微创经皮椎弓根螺钉内固定治疗胸腰椎骨折. 中华创伤杂志, 2009, 25(6): 522-525.
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14. 王建, 周跃, 初同伟, 等. 经皮椎弓根螺钉固定治疗无神经损伤胸腰椎骨折. 中华创伤杂志, 2009, 25(3): 223-226.
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22. 李方财, 陈其昕, 陈维善, 等. 经皮椎弓根螺钉内固定结合椎体内植骨治疗胸腰椎骨折. 中华骨科杂志, 2011, 31(10): 1066-1071.

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