Burst fracture of thorax and lumbar spine

A spine composed of multiple motion segments can cause damage when subjected to excessive movement or external forces. Injury-related violence includes excessive forward flexion, extension, squeezing, separation, shearing, and rotational forces, which can cause injury if they exceed physiological limits. According to the Denis three-column concept, burst fractures have become a type of clinical significance in spinal fractures, which can cause accidents if not handled properly. Denis et al. Emphasized that once the structures such as the posterior wall of the vertebral body and the posterior fibrous ring, that is, the middle column including the posterior longitudinal ligament, are damaged, it can cause instability in the forward flexion state, and this kind of involvement of the A fracture in the center column is defined as a burst fracture.

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