Surgical Fixation of Thoracolumbar Fractures in Patients Older than 80 Years
The super-elderly had a higher incidence of osteoporosis and worse comorbidities, but there was no significant difference regarding implant complications, revision surgery required, or all-cause mortality. Hence, surgical fixation of thoracolumbar spine fractures in people older than 80 years should be considered despite their advanced age.
Authors
- Joshua Zhi En Koh
- Hong Lee Terry Teo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1052-4847)
- Lester Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1885-8251)
- Shane Zaw (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3806-1090)
- Zhihong Chew
- Dinesh Shree Kumar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2211-0644)
- Zhen Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9314-3590)
- Sen Lin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6371-3927)
- Lilian Ow
- Ree Yi Koh
- Andy Kuei Siong Yeo
Institutions
- Changi General Hospital (SG)
- Singapore College of Traditional Chinese Medicine (SG)
- Duke-NUS Medical School (SG)
- National Neuroscience Institute (SG)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Neurosurgery
- Published
- 2025-01-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1227/neu.0000000000003358
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 6.02