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Liu Zhi

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  Modified Decancellation Posterior Closing-Wedge Osteotomy for Correction of Traumatic Thoracolumbar Kyphotic Deformity: A Cadaveric and Preliminary Clinical Study
  Author(s): Zhang Jian-zheng, Liu Zhi, Han Li, Ren Ji-Xin and Sun Tian-Sheng Zhang Jian-zheng, Liu Zhi, Han Li, Ren Ji-Xin and Sun Tian-Sheng
  
  Study design: Cadaveric and clinical studies. Objectives: To investigate the safety and efficiency of modified decancellation posterior closing-wedge osteotomy for traumatic fixed kyphotic deformity of thoracolumbar spine. Methods: Single-level vertebral osteotomy was performed on two groups of fresh-frozen human cadaveric lumbar spines. Group I underwent conventional decancellation posterior closing-wedge osteotomy, and Group II underwent our modified cancellation posterior closing-wedge osteotomy. Sagittal plane angulation as well as anterior height and distance between the most cephalad and caudal endplate were measured before and after osteotomy. Twenty six cases of old thoracolumbar fractures with spinal cord injury were recruited in this study. The mean age was 35.6 years. The mean time from injury to operation was 25 months ranging from 3 months to 11 years. Pr.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2329-9096.1000227

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