Short-Segment Instrumentation with Fractured Vertebrae Augmentation by Screws and Bone Substitute for Thoracolumbar Unstable Burst Fractures

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="1"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Pain scale</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"> P1: no pain</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"> P2: occasional pain not requiring medication</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"> P3: moderate pain requiring occasional medication</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"> P4: moderate to severe pain requiring frequent medication</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"> P5: constant incapacitating pain requiring chronic medication</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Work scale</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"> W1: returned to previous employment</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"> W2: capable but did not return to previous employment</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"> W3: unable to return to previous employment and currently employed in a different full-time job</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"> W4: unable to return to previous employment and currently working part-time or frequently absent from work because of pain</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"> W5: completely disabled and unable to work</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="1"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="table-fn"><td><div>Source: Denis F et al. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 1984; 189 : 142-9. P = pain; W = work.<br/></div></td></tr></table>

<div>Denis pain scale and work scale.</div>

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Table 1: Short-Segment Instrumentation with Fractured Vertebrae Augmentation by Screws and Bone Substitute for Thoracolumbar Unstable Burst Fractures 

Table 1 | Short-Segment Instrumentation with Fractured Vertebrae Augmentation by Screws and Bone Substitute for Thoracolumbar Unstable Burst Fractures 