Surgical Versus Non-Surgical Treatment for Thoracolumbar Burst Fractures Without Neurological Deficit: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

"The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article."

"Funding: The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This study was supported by Good Liver Foundation and Taiwan Brain Disease Foundation of Taiwan (MS476)."

"All data are available in the article and Supplementary Material. The protocol was prospectively registered in the International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews (PROSPERO; CRD42021291769) on December 19, 2021, to guide the study process. Methods: We registered a protocol in PROSPERO (ID: CRD42021291769) and searched Medline, Embase, Web of Science, and Google Scholar databases. Surgical and non-surgical treatments were compared in patients with thoracolumbar burst fractures without neurological deficits. Predefined outcomes at ≥6 months included pain (defined as a visual analog scale [VAS] of 0-100), functional outcomes (Oswestry Disability Index [ODI] of 0-50 and Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire [RMDQ] of 0-24), and kyphotic angulation."