Abstract:[Objective] To investigate the current situation of surgical treatment decision of orthopaedic surgeons for thoracolumbarfracture among 50~65 years old patients in Jiangxi region. [Methods] A questionnaire survey was conducted among orthopedic surgeons inJiangxi province. The questionnaire included the basic information of the survey subjects, the basis for surgical decision making, the selec-tion of internal fixation methods and the postoperative management of thoracolumbar fracture in patients aged from 50 to 65 years. [Results]A total of 319 questionnaires were collected, including 114 from secondary hospitals and 205 from tertiary hospitals. Among the survey sub-jects, 79 were junior professional titles, 117 were intermediate, and 123 were senior. The proportion of preoperative bone mineral density(BMD) examination by physicians in tertiary hospitals was significantly higher than that in secondary hospitals [cases (%), 149 (72.7) vs 68(59.6), P=0.017]. Junior physicians selected infection indexes [cases (%), 44 (55.7) vs 86 (73.5) vs 99 (80.5), P<0.001], tumor indexes [cas-es (%), 7 (8.9) vs 46 (39.3) vs 71 (57.7), P<0.001] and BMD examination [cases (%), 25 (31.6) vs 89 (76.1) vs 103 (83.7), P<0.001] were sig-nificantly lower than those with middle and senior professional titles. The proportion of orthopedic surgeons in tertiary hospitals choosingBMD as the basis for surgical decision-making was significantly higher than that in secondary hospitals [cases (%), 157 (76.6) vs 72 (63.2),P=0.011]. The proportion of minimally invasive screw fixation in junior professional titles was significantly lower than those with the middleand senior professional titles (P<0.001). For the patients with injured vertebrae protruding into the spinal canal but no neurological symp-toms, the proportion of decompression was significantly decreased with the increase of professional rank (P<0.001). The junior professionaltitles who chose not to do intravertebral bone grafting was significantly higher than the middle and senior professional titles (P<0.001). Theproportion of ambulation immediately after drainage tube removal after internal fixation in tertiary hospitals was significantly higher than that in secondary hospitals [cases (%), 119 (58.0) vs 53 (46.5), P=0.012]. The junior professional titles who chose to stay in bed for morethan 1 month after internal fixation was significantly higher than those with middle and senior professional titles [cases (%), 12 (15.2) vs 3(2.6) vs 4 (3.3), P<0.001]. [Conclusion] There is a great difference in surgical decision making among orthopedic surgeons in Jiangxi regionfor thoracolumbar fracture in patients aged 50~65 years, and there is a lack of standard basis for surgical decision making.