Pediatric spine fractures.
Children have more elastic soft tissue and more potential for remodeling than adults. Certain injuries are unique to children, including posterior limbus injuries, most cases of spinal cord injury without radiographic abnormalities, and spinal trauma in child abuse. This article discusses the pathomechanics, clinical presentation, treatment, and some of the complications of injuries of the thoracolumbar spine in children.
Department of Orthopaedics, University of California, San Diego Center for Spine Disorders, San Diego, California 92123, USA. akbarnia@ucsd.edu
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D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy