Table 3.
The distribution of the lowest point of end plate fracture according to Denis’ spine fracture classification, n.
| Number of endplate fractures at five anterior-posterior segments | |||||||
| Fracture type | a1 | a2 | m | p2 | p1 | Total | |
| Compression | sEPF | 34 | 69 | 34 | 13 | 0 | 150 |
| iEPF | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Burst | sEPF | 15 | 32 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 62 |
| iEPF | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | |
| Flexion-distraction | sEPF | 8 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 29 |
| iEPF | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | |
| Fracture-dislocation | sEPF | 4 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 17 |
| iEP | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | |
| Total | sEPF | 61 | 115 | 51 | 30 | 1 | 258 |
| iEPF | 5 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 38 | |
iEP: inferior endplate; sEP: superior endplate.