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Transpedicular screws will be inserted into the vertebral body superior and inferior to the fractured vertebra under fluoroscopic control. In a second stage procedure a lumbo- or thoracotomy (depending on the fracture level below or above the diaphragm) is performed to remove the fractured part of the vertebral body (hemicorporectomy) including the intervertebral disc segments. The resulting void is replaced by an (expandable) spacer\u002Fcage.",[13],"Procedure: Surgical stabilization",{"label":15,"type":16,"description":17,"interventionNames":18},"Non-surgical treatment","NO_INTERVENTION","The patients will receive an external bracing (3-point hyperextension brace) for six weeks, which must be always worn except when lying flat in bed. The brace is adjusted by an experienced orthopedist. A physiotherapist will instruct the patient to accomplish daily activities with the restriction he or she will have by wearing the brace.",null,{"label":20,"type":6,"description":21,"interventionNames":22},"Observational arm","Patients who do not agree to randomization will be given the option to participate in the observational arm of the study. Their treatment will be surgical fixation with an anterior-posterior stabilization (as per our current internal hospital standard).",[13],[24],{"type":25,"name":26,"description":27,"armGroupLabels":28,"otherNames":29},"PROCEDURE","Surgical stabilization","Anterior-posterior stabilization (360°) with pedicle screws and an expandable cage",[20,9],[30],"360°-Stabilization",[32,36],{"name":33,"affiliation":34,"role":35},"Christoph E Albers, PD Dr.","Inselspital Bern, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology","PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR",{"name":37,"affiliation":34,"role":38},"Sonja Häckel, Dr.","STUDY_DIRECTOR",[40,44],{"name":33,"role":41,"phone":42,"phoneExt":18,"email":43},"CONTACT","+41 (0) 31 664 04 40","christoph.albers@insel.ch",{"name":37,"role":41,"phone":42,"phoneExt":18,"email":45},"sonja.haeckel@insel.ch",[47,68],{"facility":48,"status":49,"city":50,"state":18,"zip":51,"country":52,"countryCode":53,"cosmosGeoPoint":54,"geoPoint":59,"contacts":60},"Inselspital","RECRUITING","Bern","3010","Switzerland","CH",{"type":55,"coordinates":56},"Point",[57,58],7.44744,46.94809,{"lat":58,"lon":57},[61,65],{"name":62,"role":41,"phone":63,"phoneExt":18,"email":64},"Sonja Häckel, MD","+41 (0) 31 664 15 50","Sonja.haeckel@insel.ch",{"name":66,"role":41,"phone":18,"phoneExt":18,"email":67},"Veronique Jungo","veronique.jungo@insel.ch",{"facility":69,"status":70,"city":71,"state":18,"zip":72,"country":52,"countryCode":53,"cosmosGeoPoint":73,"geoPoint":77,"contacts":78},"Ostschweizer Wirbelsaeulenzentrum Kantonsspital St. Gallen","NOT_YET_RECRUITING","Sankt Gallen","9007",{"type":55,"coordinates":74},[75,76],9.37477,47.42391,{"lat":76,"lon":75},[79],{"name":80,"role":41,"phone":81,"phoneExt":18,"email":82},"Martin Stienen, Prof. Dr.","+41 71 494 77 77","wirbelsaeulenzentrum@h-och.ch",{"type":84,"investigatorFullName":18,"investigatorTitle":18,"investigatorAffiliation":18,"oldNameTitle":18,"oldOrganization":18},"SPONSOR",[86],{"name":87,"class":6},"Cantonal Hospital of St. Gallen","100498350","surgical-versus-non-surgical-treatment-of-thoracolumbar-burst-fracture-100498350",false,"NCT05769114","Surgical Versus Non-Surgical Treatment of Thoracolumbar Burst Fracture","Outcome of Surgical Versus Primary Non-Surgical Treatment of Traumatic Thoracolumbar Spine Burst Fracture in Patients Without Neurological Symptoms: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial","A34RCT","Inclusion Criteria:\n\n* Age 18 - 70 years at inclusion\n* Acute traumatic burst fracture of the thoracolumbar spine (10th thoracic to 3rd lumbar vertebral body)\n* Informed consent for study participation\n\nExclusion Criteria:\n\n* Injury of the posterior tension band\u002Fposterior column of the thoracolumbar spine\n* Any neurological deficit (American Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale \\[AISA\\] Grade A-D)\n* Pathological vertebral body fractures (diagnosed by MRI and CT scan), which, in the opinion of the research\u002Finvestigative team, would compromise (or interfere with) patients' ability to participate in the study\n* Concomitant spinal fractures at any other level of the spine outside the T10-L3 level, which, in the opinion of the research\u002Finvestigative team, would compromise (or interfere with) patients' ability to participate in the study\n* Multiple trauma or Injury Severity Score (ISS) \\> 16 or additional injuries according to the investigator may, which, in the opinion of the research\u002Finvestigative team, would compromise (or interfere with) patients' ability to participate in the study (impairment of early ambulation)\n* Any known previous spinal surgery in the thoracolumbar spine, which, in the opinion of the research\u002Finvestigative team, would compromise (or interfere with) patients' ability to participate in the study\n* Any severe, progressive, or uncontrolled medical or psychiatric condition, or other factors at randomization that in the judgment of the investigator prevents the patient from participating in the study\n* Known history of substance abuse (i.e., recreational drugs, alcohol) that would preclude reliable assessment in the opinion of the investigator\n* Pregnancy or women planning to conceive within the study period. All women included in this study must have a negative blood pregnancy test (human chorionic gonadotrophin (hCG) blood level at visit 1. If pregnancy occurs during the study period, the patients drop out of the study\n* Inability to follow the procedures of the study, e.g., due to inability to understand German, French or English, which, according to the investigator, may jeopardize the patient in case of participation in the study or prevents the patient from participating in the study","ALL","18 Years","70 Years",{"count":100,"type":101},52,"ESTIMATED","INTERVENTIONAL",[104],"NA","Treatment for acute traumatic thoracolumbar burst fractures differs significantly across the world in patients without neurological impairments and without damage to the posterior column of the spine. This randomized controlled, non-inferiority clinical trial's goal is to evaluate the effectiveness of surgery versus initial non-surgical treatment for patients with traumatic thoracolumbar spine burst fractures who don't have any neurological symptoms.\n\nThe study's precise objectives are to:\n\n1. evaluate the clinical outcome (Oswestry Disability Index)\n2. evaluate the radiography result (restoration and maintenance of spinal alignment)\n3. determine the prevalence of complications\n\nat least 24 months of follow-up of neurologically unaffected patients with acute traumatic burst fractures. Both groups will get the same therapy using standardized methods: The surgical group's entire patient population will get combined anterior-posterior (360°) spinal fusion therapy. Three-point hyperextension orthoses will be used to treat all patients in the non-surgical group for six weeks following the injury.",[107,108,109],"SPINAL Fracture","Burst Fracture","Spinal Instability of Thoracolumbar Region",[111],"Traumatic Thoracolumbar Spine Burst Fracture","2026-05-01",{"date":114,"type":115},"2026-05-07","ACTUAL",{"date":117,"type":115},"2023-04-18",{"date":119,"type":101},"2030-03",{"name":5,"class":6},2]