title: Management of a multiple trauma patient with extensive instability of the lumbar spine as a result of a bilateral facet dislocation and multiple complete vertebral burst fractures.
authors.affiliation: MEM Research Center for Orthopaedic Surgery, Institute for Surgical Technology and Biomechanics, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland. Daniel.Haschtmann@MEMcenter.unibe.ch
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Haschtmann
authors.forename: Philip F
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Stahel
authors.forename: Christoph E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Heyde
mesh_terms: D019299:Decompression, Surgical; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D004388:Dura Mater / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D004204:Joint Dislocations / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D007593:Joint Instability / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D007796:Laminectomy; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D019919:Prosthesis Implantation; D012086:Reoperation; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D013123:Spinal Fusion / Q000379:methods; D013406:Suicide, Attempted; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D021801:Zygapophyseal Joint / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery