What to do with lumbar compression fractures? Treat as soon as possible to reduce damage

If patients with lumbar compression fractures suddenly faint when standing up from lying down, relevant treatment methods should be adopted according to their condition, and good care should be provided at ordinary times. Patients should not be too anxious. Generally, the prognosis is very good through active treatment.

1. Treatment of lumbar compression fractures

1. Early stage - conservative treatment

Conservative treatment for lumbar compression fractures mainly includes immobilization with a hard bed. Placing a cushion on the injured back and straightening your back can relieve pain. The healing period is within 3 months after the injury. You can mainly exercise in bed. Short-term rehabilitation should be started as soon as possible, 1-2 days after the injury. This can increase the strength of the waist and back muscles and relieve pain. In addition to hard bed braking, other methods include acupuncture, manipulation, and massage.

2. Early and middle stages: minimally invasive therapy

"PKP bone cement minimally invasive interventional therapy" - with the help of X-ray fluoroscopy, a special method is used to expand and shape the compressed vertebral body. Thereby, the shape of the bulging vertebra is fixed, the stress state of the spine is improved, the clinical symptoms of the patient are alleviated, and the patient's pain is relieved. It also has the effect of strengthening the diseased vertebra and preventing the diseased vertebra from further collapse.

3. Late stage - surgical treatment

In the late stage, surgical treatment should be taken promptly. Open reduction, thorough decompression and internal fixation should be performed as soon as possible. And taking enough glucocorticoids within 1 hour after the injury and maintaining it for three days can reduce spinal cord damage.

2. Nursing of lumbar compression fractures

Most thoracic and lumbar compression fractures are caused by trauma, such as falling from a height or accidentally falling from a sitting position. Patients have to be hospitalized for treatment without any psychological preparation beforehand. They become patients from healthy people in an instant, and they will inevitably feel nervous and anxious after staying in bed for a long time. They often worry that there will be sequelae in the future that will affect their daily life, work, and study. Therefore, nursing staff should be enthusiastic about patients, escort patients to the bed gently, comfort and enlighten them, let them understand the whole process of fracture treatment, explain that if they cooperate with the doctor's treatment, the prognosis of the fracture is good, so that patients can be full of confidence, eliminate their worries, and actively cooperate with the treatment.