Although deaths in traffic accidents have decreased due to advanced measures in recent years, there has been an increase in spinal fractures, especially as a result of the increasing speed of vehicles. Of course, damage to the spinal cord and nerves in these fractures also aggravates the patient's condition. For this
reason, be sure to have an experienced neurosurgeon alongside the orthopedists in the team treating these fractures.
because they should be removed; Inevitably, it is necessary to perform "Platinum
Surgery" as it is popularly known. Of course, these surgeries can now be performed closed
. If these fractures occur due to osteoporosis
in elderly people; If they occur due to very simple traumas, it is also possible to repair them with fully closed
surgeries, that is, by inflating a balloon inside the bone and correcting it, then filling the bone with bone cement.
However, the point that should not be forgotten is that these surgeries do not cause fractures. It should be done within the first few months after the
event that caused it.
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