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. 2018 Apr 6;138(7):939–951. doi: 10.1007/s00402-018-2926-9

Table 4.

Characteristics of patients with VBDR subsidence

Patient no. 1 Patient no. 2 Patient no. 3 Patient no. 4 Patient no. 5 MWS (n = 13)
Type of subsidence TIE TIE TIE ICB ICB
Age (years) 48 38 37 42 50 45.2 ± 8.5
Sex M M M M M
Level T12 L1 T12 L2 L1
AOSpine VB A4 A4 A4 A4 A4
Magerl VB A3.3 A3.3 A3.3 A3.2 A3.2
Revision surgery No No No No No
Posterior instrumentation removed No No No Yes Yes
Preop BKA (°) 10.5 10.9 21.5 2.2 − 0.8 5.9 ± 12.7
Bisegmental surgical correction (°) − 6.0 − 20.7 − 22.1 − 9.5 − 5.8 − 15.4 ± 8.4
Bisegmental loss of correction (°) 0.7 5.8 6.4 8.2 7.8 4.9 ± 4.0
Preop MKA (°) 19.7 19.5 19.7 10.5 9.9 12.8 ± 11.1
Monosegmental surgical correction (°) − 15.0 − 26.9 − 14.8 − 12.3 − 9.0 − 15.6 ± 8.3
Monosegmental loss of correction (°) 0.7 6.1 3.1 7.2 2.8 2.2 ± 2.7
Time to final clinical follow-up (months) 27 24 33.9 25 30 77.1 ± 40.4
VAS Spine Score before trauma 84 88 99 100 68 87.0 ± 15.5
VAS Spine Score at final follow-up 61 72 43 86 37 72.1 ± 27.7
Loss in VAS spine score 23 16 56 14 31 14.9 ± 21.6
Roland and Morris disability questionnaire 0 4 15 1 12 3.6 ± 4.9
Oswestry disability index 20 12 30 8 34 18.3 ± 20.8
WHOQOL-BREF physical health 94 69 63 81 44 78.1 ± 20.3
WHOQOL-BREF psychological health 100 81 75 81 63 78.8 ± 15.8
WHOQOL-BREF social relationships 81 100 75 94 75 81.3 ± 20.2
WHOQOL-BREF environment 94 88 69 94 69 82.9 ± 14.9

MWS mean value of monosegmental ACR without VBDR subsidence, TIE subsidence through inferior endplate, ICB subsidence into cancellous bone, AOSpine VB vertebral body (VB) fracture classified according to the AOSpine Thoracolumbar Spine Injury Classification System, Magerl VB vertebral body (VB) fracture classified according to the Magerl classification system, WHOQOL-BREF World Health Organization Quality of Life Assessment Instrument—short form