What lying position to use for a compression fracture of the twelfth thoracic vertebrae

Compression fractures of the twelfth thoracic vertebrae can be recuperated by both lying down and lying on the side. The twelfth thoracic vertebra has the highest incidence and is the most common of all spinal vertebral fractures. This is because the twelfth thoracic vertebrae and the first lumbar vertebrae are the place where the thoracic and lumbar segments of the human spine are connected, and there is a physiological forward arch, and the extreme bending and flexion of the human body in the case of severe violence leads to fractures of the thoracic and lumbar segments of the joints, and the twelfth thoracic vertebral body fractures, depending on the severity of the fracture, can be used for conservative treatment or surgical treatment. For patients who are treated conservatively, the patient should be instructed to take absolute bed rest, and to eat, drink, and urinate and defecate in a bed-ridden manner. However, in order to avoid pressure sores and pneumonia caused by lying completely flat, the patient should be assisted to turn over on a regular basis and at regular intervals. The patient should turn over within 4 weeks after the injury with the help of family members or nurses to turn the thoracic back and lower limbs together, to avoid the sprain of thoracic vertebrae fracture caused by their own turning, and aggravate the displacement of the fracture. Of course, lying completely flat is not conducive to the patient’s diet, so under special circumstances, the thoracic back can be slightly elevated by 10-20° through the bed to facilitate the patient’s diet. For patients treated with surgery, if there is no damaged nerve complication, they can wear lumbar support in the early postoperative period under the guidance of the physician to go out of bed to perform functional exercises, and do not need to stay in bed for a long time.