Lumbosacral monolateral dislocation.
The authors describe a case of traumatic monolateral dislocation of L5 on S1. It is a very rare lesion which involves serious diagnostic and therapeutic problems. Surgical treatment constituted by reduction and stabilization alone can obtain stable correction of the deformity and complete functional recovery.
III Divisione, Istituti Ortopedici Rizzoli, Bologna.
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Ponzo
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De Gennaro
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