How to treat thoracic spine fracture

How to treat thoracic spine fractures should be analyzed in conjunction with the degree of fracture, the nature of the fracture, and the compression of the surrounding nerve spinal cord, and there are two main types of methods: conservative treatment and surgical treatment. 1, conservative treatment: conservative treatment is applicable to stable thoracic fractures, including simple wedge compression fractures and stable blast-type fractures, no damage to the nerve roots or spinal cord, no fractures in the spinal canal, at this time, you can use manual repositioning, bed rest. Patients who want to recover faster or those who are a little more seriously ill can take external fixation treatment with braces; 2.Surgical treatment: surgical treatment is applicable to unstable blast fractures and Chance fractures, or patients with nerve root or spinal cord compression resulting in nerve damage, lower limb muscle strength loss, abnormal sensation, dysfunction, etc. Such cases require surgical treatment, such as spinal canal decompression implant fusion internal If the patient has a spinal cord injury, it is necessary to treat the spinal cord before the treatment. If a patient has a spinal cord injury, treatment of the fracture should be accompanied by medication. Glucocorticoids can improve spinal cord nerve function and diuretics can relieve extracellular edema after spinal cord injury, both of which can help the recovery of the injured spinal cord.