IMAGING SCIENCE AND PHOTOCHEMISTRY ›› 2022, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (6): 1386-1389.DOI: 10.7517/issn.1674-0475.220814

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The Study of MSCT in Evaluating Postoperative Healing and Functional Rehabilitation of Thoracolumbar Fractures

ZHANG Delong1, LI Yumei2, ZHOU Jianhua1   

  1. 1. Yichun Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Yichun 336000, Jiangxi, P. R. China;
    2. Yichun Third People's Hospital, Yichun 336000, Jiangxi, P. R. China
  • Received:2022-08-08 Online:2022-11-23 Published:2022-11-15

Abstract: This study investigated the value of multi-slice spiral CT (MSCT) in the detection and evaluation of fracture healing and functional rehabilitation in patients undergoing intravertebral osteoplasty after thoracolumbar fractures. A total of 102 patients with thoracolumbar burst fractures treated by open reduction and intravertebral bone grafting were selected for clinical research. According to the modified Prolo function score of the patients 6 months after operation, the patients were divided into an excellent group of 72 cases and a general group of 30 cases, compared the CT value of the bone graft area and the change trend of the imaging parameters of the spine and vertebral body in the two groups. At 3 and 6 months after operation, the compression rate of the anterior edge of the injured vertebrae and the Cobb angle of the patients in the excellent group were lower than those in the general group (P<0.05). At 3 and 6 months after operation, the CT value of patients in the excellent group was higher than that in the general group, and the Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) value of patients in the excellent group was lower than that in the general group (P<0.05). The changes of CT values in the bone graft area of patients undergoing intravertebral osteoplasty after thoracolumbar fractures can reflect the effect of fracture healing.

Key words: multi-slice spiral CT, thoracolumbar fractures, osteoplasty, fracture healing, functional rehabilitation