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Table 2 Incidences of different mechanism/place of injuries for the spinal fractures treated conservatively or by different surgical methods

From: The management of thoracolumbar burst fractures: a prospective study between conservative management, traditional open spinal surgery and minimally interventional spinal surgery

Mechanism of injury

Conservative (%)

Open surgery (%)

MIS (%)

Road traffic accident

12 (40)

10 (44)

11 (44)

Sporting injury

8 (27)

5 (22)

6 (24)

Industrial injury

4 (13)

4 (17)

4 (16)

Domestic injury

6 (20)

4 (17)

4 (16)