Table 4 Variables collected in post-operative and hospital discharge parameter

Drainage – (48 h)

VAS – 3 days postoperative

Deambulation

Complications – superficial infection, deep infection, neurological lesion, vascular lesion, hematoma

Analgesics- drug, dosage, period of administration

Antibiotics- drug, dosage, period of administration

Number of the days from surgery till hospital discharge

Adverse effects

Reoperation

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, position of the screws inside the pedicle