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The surgical results of thoracolumbar and lumbar burst fracture have been reported to be comparable between patients with and without fusion in a midterm follow-up. There is, however, no report comparing the results of fusion and non-fusion with a long-term follow-up. Therefore, a long term comparative study is still needed to focus on the issues of functional and radiographic outcomes, especially preservation of the motion segment in the long run, to determine whether fusion should be a routine procedure for surgically treated burst fractures of the thoracolumbar and lumbar spines. Therefore, we report herein a long-term comparative study of fusion and non-fusion based on our previous work, with an average 134 months of follow-up.


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Study Design

Observational Model: Case Control, Time Perspective: Prospective


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NCT number NCT01979198
Study type Observational [Patient Registry]
Source Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan
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Status Completed
Phase N/A
Start date December 2012
Completion date March 2013

See also
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