BURST FRACTURE OF THE 5TH LUMBAR VERTEBRA WITH UNILATERAL FACET DISLOCATION - CASE-REPORT

Authors
HUANG TJ CHEN JY HSU RWW
Citation
Tj. Huang et al., BURST FRACTURE OF THE 5TH LUMBAR VERTEBRA WITH UNILATERAL FACET DISLOCATION - CASE-REPORT, The journal of trauma, injury, infection, and critical care, 36(5), 1994, pp. 755-757
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Emergency Medicine & Critical Care
Journal title
The journal of trauma, injury, infection, and critical care → ACNP
Volume
36
Issue
5
Year of publication
1994
Pages
755 - 757
Database
ISI
SICI code
Abstract
A case of a burst fracture in conjunction with a facet dislocation of the fifth lumbar vertebra in a 15-year-old boy is reported. The patien t was treated with open reduction and stabilization of L4 to S1 with a reduction-fixation stabilization system and placement of a Taylor-Kni ght brace. At 1-year follow-up examination the fusion was solid and th e boy had resumed full activities.