title: Rotational dislocation of the thoracolumbar spine. Case report and review of the literature.
abstract: The authors report a rare case of rotational dislocation of the thoracolumbar spine in a 12-year-old girl with neurofibromatosis Type 1. The patient had progressive spinal kyphoscoliosis with acute-onset paraplegia. She was treated with corrective traction preoperatively, followed by spinal decompression and circumferential spinal fusion without instrumentation. She had complete neurological recovery after a solid fusion of her spine.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, United Kingdom. ukdeb86@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Ujjwal K
authors.initials: UK
authors.lastname: Debnath
authors.forename: Subramanyam Naidu
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Maripuri
authors.forename: Bahram
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mobini
authors.forename: Mohamed R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Etemadifar
authors.forename: Syed M Hossein
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Mehdian
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D004204:Joint Dislocations / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D007738:Kyphosis / Q000209:etiology*; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D009192:Myelography; D009456:Neurofibromatosis 1 / Q000150:complications*; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000209:etiology; D020127:Recovery of Function; D012399:Rotation; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000209:etiology*; D013123:Spinal Fusion; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed