Thoracolumbar burst fractures in patients with neurological deficit: Anterior approach versus posterior percutaneous fixation with laminotomy.

•Spinal canal decompression through small laminectomy and percutaneous pedicle screw fixation offers excellent clinical and radiological improvement.•Furthermore, this can be safer and more effective surgical option compared to anterior corpectomy and fusion in the thoracolumbar burst fractures.•As far as I know, no paper has been directly compared these two methods.