Chance-type flexion-distraction fracture of lumbar spine.
A case of a twenty years old male who had been hit by a van at the lower back, presented two weeks later with complete paraplegia and double incontinence is presented. Radiological imaging revealed shearing of spine with fracture line slicing through the second lumbar (L2) vertebra going across all the three vertebral columns with complete retrolisthesis of upper fragment. He was managed conservatively with immobilization and rehabilitation.
Siddiqui
Arshad A
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Department of Neurosurgery, The Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi. Arshad.Siddiqui@aku.edu
Shah
Ahmad Ali
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D000328:Adult; D005242:Fecal Incontinence / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000293:injuries*; D008297:Male; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000209:etiology; D011859:Radiography; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000209:etiology