EXPERIENCE WITH THE STEFFEE VSP SYSTEM FOR STABILIZATION OF FRACTURESOF THE THORACIC AND LUMBAR SPINE

Authors
WILDBURGER R MAHRING M PASZICSNYEK T SCHWEIGHOFER F HOFER HP
Citation
R. Wildburger et al., EXPERIENCE WITH THE STEFFEE VSP SYSTEM FOR STABILIZATION OF FRACTURESOF THE THORACIC AND LUMBAR SPINE, Langenbecks Archiv fur Chirurgie, 378(3), 1993, pp. 150-153
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
Langenbecks Archiv fur Chirurgie → ACNP
ISSN journal
00238236
Volume
378
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
150 - 153
Database
ISI
SICI code
0023-8236(1993)378:3<150:EWTSVS>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
The variable screw placement (VSP) system was first used in orthopaedi c surgery. In recent years, this rigid screw-plate system has been imp lanted with increasing frequency in patients with traumatic instabilit ies of the thoracolumbar spine. At the University Hospital in Graz, 20 patients have been operated on in the Department of Surgery using thi s system, and 15 of them have been followed up some months after the h ardware removal. The results are compared with those achieved in patie nts whose instabilities were stabilized with other implants.