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Table 1 Inclusion and exclusion criteria

From: Which anatomic structures are responsible for the reduction loss after hybrid stabilization of osteoporotic fractures of the thoracolumbar spine?

Inclusion Criteria

Exclusion Criteria

Age: >  60 years

Non-orthograde beam path at the fracuted level of the lateral postoperative or final radiographs

Unstable fracture or failed conservative treatment

Inability or unwillingness to join the study

Thoracolumbar junction and mid lumbar spine (Th 11 – L4)

Neurologic impairment

Acute fracture situation

Pathologic vertebral body fractures (tumor/infection)

Posttraumatic total spine MRI

High energy trauma

  1. Th Thoracic spine; L Lumbar spine; MRI Magnetic resonance imaging