Table 2 Variables collected in the preoperative period

Level of fracture

Neurological status (ASIA scale)

Type of fracture (Magerl’s classification)

Comorbidities

Associated lesions

Fracture of upper limbs

Fracture of pelvis or lower limbs

Charlson comorbidity index

EUROQL-5

Short-form SF-36

HADS (Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale)

Pain (VAS)

AP Rx- vertebral alignment

Lateral Rx- height of the fractured vertebral body, height of the vertebral body above and below the fractured vertebra, kyphosis of the injured vertebral segment, kyphosis of the fractured vertebra, sagittal index (Farcy index)

CT- compression of the spinal canal, sagittal and coronal diameters of the spinal canal, lamina fracture