Spinal stability

Spinal stability

Spinal stability is the ability of the spine to withstand phys iological loads with acceptable pain, avoiding progressive deformity or neurological deficit. The spine can be divided into three columns: anterior, middle and posterior ( Figure 30.7 two or more columns of the spine are injured, it is considered Friedrich Paul Magerl , 1931–2020, Austrian surgeon and pioneer of spinal surgery . AO , Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Osteosynthesefragen, may be translated from the German as ‘Working Party on Problems of Bone Repair’. unstable. The AO classifications (Magerl and AO Spine Subaxial Classification System) are based on the mechanism of injury and are used to assess spinal stability . Summary box 30.1 Spinal column anatomy /uni25CF /uni25CF

Anterior Figure 30.7 The three-column model of spinal stability. Figure 30.6 Coronal T2-weighted magnetic resonance image demon

strating a fracture dislocation at the thoracolumbar junction. Upper cervical spine stability is dependent on ligamentous restraints The cervicothoracic and thoracolumbar junctions are common sites of injury

Spinal stability

Spinal stability is the ability of the spine to withstand phys iological loads with acceptable pain, avoiding progressive deformity or neurological deficit. The spine can be divided into three columns: anterior, middle and posterior ( Figure 30.7 two or more columns of the spine are injured, it is considered Friedrich Paul Magerl , 1931–2020, Austrian surgeon and pioneer of spinal surgery . AO , Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Osteosynthesefragen, may be translated from the German as ‘Working Party on Problems of Bone Repair’. unstable. The AO classifications (Magerl and AO Spine Subaxial Classification System) are based on the mechanism of injury and are used to assess spinal stability . Summary box 30.1 Spinal column anatomy /uni25CF /uni25CF

Anterior Figure 30.7 The three-column model of spinal stability. Figure 30.6 Coronal T2-weighted magnetic resonance image demon

strating a fracture dislocation at the thoracolumbar junction. Upper cervical spine stability is dependent on ligamentous restraints The cervicothoracic and thoracolumbar junctions are common sites of injury

Spinal stability

Spinal stability is the ability of the spine to withstand phys iological loads with acceptable pain, avoiding progressive deformity or neurological deficit. The spine can be divided into three columns: anterior, middle and posterior ( Figure 30.7 two or more columns of the spine are injured, it is considered Friedrich Paul Magerl , 1931–2020, Austrian surgeon and pioneer of spinal surgery . AO , Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Osteosynthesefragen, may be translated from the German as ‘Working Party on Problems of Bone Repair’. unstable. The AO classifications (Magerl and AO Spine Subaxial Classification System) are based on the mechanism of injury and are used to assess spinal stability . Summary box 30.1 Spinal column anatomy /uni25CF /uni25CF

Anterior Figure 30.7 The three-column model of spinal stability. Figure 30.6 Coronal T2-weighted magnetic resonance image demon

strating a fracture dislocation at the thoracolumbar junction. Upper cervical spine stability is dependent on ligamentous restraints The cervicothoracic and thoracolumbar junctions are common sites of injury