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SUBMITTER: Wegner AM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7484695 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wegner Adam M AM Chou Yu-Hsuan YH Chang Hsiao-Kang HK Yin Tsung-Cheng TC
Case reports in orthopedics 20200902
<h4>Background</h4>A collapsed nonhealed vertebral fracture with endplate destruction is a challenging injury to address, as there is no single definitive treatment. We present two cases using an innovative transforaminal grafting technique to treat these patients. <i>Case Presentation</i>. Case 1: a 72-year-old woman had nonunion of an L1 compression fracture with destruction of both endplates. T12/L1 and L1/L2 transforaminal debridement and impaction of bone graft were performed followed by po ...[more]