Repeat surgical interventions are relatively common following these supposedly definitive surgical procedures. The most common reasons for return to surgery are infection, symptomatic implant, and pseudarthrosis.
Nonoperative treatment of Denis Zone III sacral fractures yields consistent healing. Despite improvement in initial neurologic deficits, residual complaints were common.
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