Posterior Injured Vertebra Column Resection and Spinal Shortening for Thoracolumbar Fracture Associated with Severe Spinal Cord Injury: A Retrospective Case-Control Observational Study

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A 42-year-old male patient who was suffering from severe neurological deficit with a grade of ASIA B on admission. Preoperative X-ray (a, b) show L1 fracture with Cobb angel 22°, CT (c) with severe spinal canal encroachment, MRI (d) showed that the spinal cord was not transection in the injury segment. Undergoing simple posterior decompression fixation, patient achieved to correct segmental kyphosis deformity, restore vertebral body height (e, f), direct good decompress the neural elements (g) and neurological function improved to ASIA D.