[Use of contractors in unstable fractures of the thoraco-lumbar spine]

The results obtained after the use of contractors in surgical treatment of 30 vertebral body fractures with their wedging and lesion of the posterior ligaments, while the posterior wall of the vertebra in the thoracic-lumbar spine was preserved, has been presented. It is a relatively simple surgical method enabling stabilization of fracture, reconstruction of the vertebral canal and improvement of neurological condition.