Thirty-seven patients with thoracic and lumbar spine fractures were treated with Harrington
rod instrumentation (HRI), and the progress and results of that surgery were monitored with …

Intraoperative real-time sonography was used to monitor surgical reduction of acute
thoracolumbar burst fractures in eight patients. Real-time sonography was performed after …

The technique of intraoperative ultrasonography is outlined in detail and examples of normal
spinal canal anatomy are shown. Twenty-three patients with unstable thoracic and lumbar …

Intraoperative spinal sonography (IOSS) was performed in 39 spinal trauma patients. IOSS
was used to detect and assess the significance of bone fragments and spinal malalignment …

The thoracolumbar levels are the second most common region for spinal trauma. A major
surgical effort often entails removal of retropulsed bone fragments with decompression of the …

Twenty patients with fractures of the thoracic and lumbar spine underwent computed
tomography (CT) following Harrington distraction instrumentation and spinal fusion. CT was …

Real-time sonography was performed during spinal surgery in eight adult patients with
seven different types of lesions. Cervical, thoracic, and lumbar lesions were included. All …

Intraoperative ultrasonography (IOUs) was used to evaluate he location and compressive
effects of intraspinal fragments in thoracolumbar fractures and the efficacy ofreduction …

The feasibility of intraoperative sonography during lumbar laminectomy was demonstrated
in six cases. The most obvious advantage was the ability to image the spinal canal anterior …

The management of narrowing spinal fragments in the operative treatment of spinal fractures
remains an open question, in particular when the procedure is performed by a posterior …