Percutaneous Fixation in the Treatment of Traumatic Thoracolumbar Fractures: A Current View of this Minimally Invasive Surgery

Abstract

Most spinal fractures occur in the thoracolumbar region, in the transition between the immobile thoracic segment and the more mobile lumbar segment. These fractures often occur because of high energy trauma (road accidents and falls in height), between 20-40 years, and as a result of low energy trauma (falls of the same height) in geriatric patients. 1,2 It is known that 90% of vertebral fractures occur