The fracture was located at the cervical spine in 7 patients, at the thoracic spine in 9, at the thoracolumbar junction in 3, and at the lumbar spine in one patient (table 2). Classification of ...

The L5-S1 junction is located between the lumbar curve and the sacral curve. The lumbar curve sweeps forward. The sacral curve opposes the direction of the lumbar curve, going backward.

The doctors at Sancheti Hospital decided to use a spinal stent—a metal mesh device that expands like a spring inside a broken ...