ABSTRACT

The aim of the study is to analyse the thoracal and lumbar instrumentation operations in two years.

We inspected 160 patients who were operated for thoracal and lumbar instrumentation operations between June 2014 and June 2016 at Dr. Lütfi Kırdar Kartal Training and Research Hospital Neurosurgery Clinic.

This study included a total of 160 patients, of whom 110 were female (68.8 %) and 50 were male (31.3 %). Mean age was 55.6 ± 11.5 years for males, and 52.1 ± 11.6 for females. There was no statistically significant difference between males and females (p=0.098). The most frequent diagnosis was spinal stenosis (n=99; 61.9 %), and most frequent type of operation was L3-4-5 TPV (n=28; 17.5%).

Spinal instrumentation is the most common surgical technique used for spinal instability. Spinal stenosis, fractures and spondylolysthesis are the most common diagnosis for the causes of spinal instability.