Traumatic unilateral lumbosacral jumped facet without fracture in a child - presentation of a safe treatment strategy for a rare injury.
The vast majority of pediatric lumbosacral spondylolisthesis have developmental etiology. Of the very rare type of pediatric lumbosacral facet dislocations, there are only three reported cases of a pediatric unilateral jumped facet injury. All of these cases are associated with fracture dislocation of L5-S1. Hyperflexion with rotation is thought to provoke this uncommon type of spine injury.The authors report the first pediatric patient reported in literature to date with a traumatic unilateral jumped facet at the lumbosacral joint without fracture. The presentation, surgical treatment, hospital course, outcome and management options with the review of the literature is summarized.
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Oszkar
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Department of Neurosurgery, Denver Health Medical Center, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado, USA. Kathryn.Beauchamp@dhha.org.
Seinfeld
Joshua
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Beauchamp
Kathryn
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Patel
Vikas
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