이상으로 보아 제Ⅰ군의 기본적인 척추 보호를 하고 왔던 환자들은 제Ⅱ군의 기초적인 척추 보호조차 하지 않고 왔던 환자들에 비해 상대적으로 좋은 결과를 많이 나타내었고, 합병증이 적었으며, 쾌유속도가 비교적 빨랐으나, 대상으로 한 환자의 예가 적어 두 군의
명확한 비교가 어려웠으며, 척추보호를 비교적 잘하지 않고 왔었던 환자에서도 술후 비교적 좋은 결과를 나타낸 예가 있어 결과를 일반화하기는 힘들었다. 하지만 응급실로 일단 내원한 척추손상 환자는 조기에 수술적 치료와 비수술적 치료에 대한 결정을 명확히
하고, 환자의 연령 및 골조송중정도, 점진적 후만 변형, 감각 증세의 호전여부, 그리고 척추 보호를 했는지 여부를 고려하여 좀더 라르고 적절히 치료하는 것이 환자의 예후에 중요한 영향을 미치게 되리라고 생각한다.
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Currently, patients with traumatic thoracolumbar spinal frcture were increased in their incidence. The traumatic thoracolumbar spinal fracture must be managed carefully, as soon as possible, obtain the good result without any specific problems, The early & accurate primary emergency care (Group Ⅰ) was more important
than the cases without primary care (Group Ⅱ) in their management. Thirty-six patients (Group Ⅰ : five Patients, Group Ⅱ : 31 patients) were treated surgically at the department of orthopaedic surgery, Ewha Womans University Hospital from Avg,
1991 to Apr, 1993. The results were as follows;
1. The measurement of anterior column height was 90.2% after reduction but final column height was 88.4%, so, loss of correction was 1.8% in Group Ⅰ comparing to 89.0% after reduction, 86% of final column height and 3% of loss of correction in Group Ⅱ.
2. The measurement of posterior column height was 98.4% after reduction, but final column height was 98.0%, so, loss of correction was 0.4% in Group Ⅰ comparing to 97.0% after reduction, 96.2% of final column height and 0.8% of loss of correction in Group Ⅱ.
3. The measurement of correction of kyphotic angle was 16° in Group Ⅰ comparing to 16.2° in Group Ⅱ.
4. The early & accurate primary emergency care group (Group Ⅰ) were obtained relatively better result comparing to cases without primary care group(Group Ⅱ) in postoperative complications including neurologic symptom.