COMPLETE FRACTURE-DISLOCATION OF THE THORACIC SPINE WITHOUT NEUROLOGIC DEFICIT - CASE-REPORT

Authors
KOROVESSIS P SIDIROPOULOS P DIMAS A
Citation
P. Korovessis et al., COMPLETE FRACTURE-DISLOCATION OF THE THORACIC SPINE WITHOUT NEUROLOGIC DEFICIT - CASE-REPORT, The journal of trauma, injury, infection, and critical care, 36(1), 1994, pp. 122-124
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Emergency Medicine & Critical Care
Journal title
The journal of trauma, injury, infection, and critical care → ACNP
Volume
36
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
122 - 124
Database
ISI
SICI code
Abstract
A case is presented of a motorcyclist who crashed and suffered a fract ure-dislocation of the mid-thoracic spine without any neurologic defic it. The injury was discovered 6 weeks after the crash. The patient und erwent surgical stabilization and correction of the kyphotic deformity with Luque rods and sublaminar wires and had an uneventful recovery.