We treated surgically two patients with paraparesis after fracture of vertebral body with osteoporosis. We employed postero-lateral decompression (modified Erickson's technique) and Luque instrumentation among vertebral body fracture.
There were rarely some patients with paralysis because of angular deformity, bony encroachment and instability. It seemed to be important to study the bony damage by computerized tomography. Fractures with posterior cortex of the body seemed to be hazardous to neurological involvement. In operative treatment, instrumentation for osteoporotic vertebra was difficult because of its mechanical weakness. We preferred Luque instrumentation for such cases because of its advantage. Our two cases showed good neurological recovery after operaton.
