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Table 2 Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria

From: Midterm outcome after posterior stabilization of unstable Midthoracic spine fractures in the elderly

Inclusion Criteria

Exclusion Criteria

Age: ≥ 65 years

Prior or subsequent fractures of the vertebral spine caused by another trauma

OF-score ≥ 6 [14]

Inability or unwillingness to join the study

Location: Th3 – Th10

Neurologic impairment

Posterior stabilization

Pathologic vertebral body fractures (tumor/infection)

Acute fracture situation

Conservative treatment

  1. Th Thoracic vertebral body