ISOLATED FRACTURE-DISLOCATION OF THE SACRUM - CASE-REPORT

Authors
TAKAHARA T MASADA K GOTO Y OKADA Y MIMURA K
Citation
T. Takahara et al., ISOLATED FRACTURE-DISLOCATION OF THE SACRUM - CASE-REPORT, The journal of trauma, injury, infection, and critical care, 34(4), 1993, pp. 600-601
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Emergency Medicine & Critical Care
Journal title
The journal of trauma, injury, infection, and critical care → ACNP
Volume
34
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
600 - 601
Database
ISI
SICI code
Abstract
An unusual case of isolated fracture-dislocation of the sacrum is repo rted. A 19-year-old woman had a fracture-dislocation of S-1-2 combined with two longitudinal fractures of the sacrum, but no other pelvic fr actures were identified. The possible mechanisms of fracture-dislocati on of the sacrum are discussed. The fracture site was identified accur ately on a CT scan. Pain relief was obtained by application of an exte rnal fixator. A mild neurologic deficit in the S-1 root distribution d isappeared uneventfully.