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COMPLETE FRACTURE-DISLOCATION OF THE THORACIC SPINE WITHOUT NEUROLOGIC DEFICIT

1994; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Volume: 36; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1097/00005373-199401000-00022

1529-8809

Panagiotis Korovessis, Panagiotis Sidiropoulos, Anastasios Dimas,

Trauma Management and Diagnosis

A case is presented of a motorcyclist who crashed and suffered a fracture-dislocation of the mid-thoracic spine without any neurologic deficit. The injury was discovered 6 weeks after the crash. The patient underwent surgical stabilization and correction of the kyphotic deformity with Luque rods and sublaminar wires and had an uneventful recovery.