title: Hollow-organ perforation following thoracolumbar spinal injuries of fall from height.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Spinal trauma is the cause of high mortality and morbidity, the fall from height as mechanism that can cause a wide variety of lesions, associated both with the direct impact on the ground and with the deceleration. In such fall cases greater heights and higher mortality are involved.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report the successful management of life-threatening hollow-organ perforation following thoracolumbar spinal injury.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Perforation of the hollow-organ in the setting of thoracolumbar trauma may delay the diagnosis and can have devastating consequences.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This case supports the recommendation for neurosurgeon in the setting of thoracolumbar injury that perforation of the hollow-organ can have devastating consequences. It is vital to achieve an early diagnosis to improve survival rate.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Padjadjaran-Dr. Hasan Sadikin Hospital, Bandung, Indonesia. Electronic address: faridense@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Farid
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Yudoyono
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Padjadjaran-Dr. Hasan Sadikin Hospital, Bandung, Indonesia.
authors.forename: Rully Hanafi
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Dahlan
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Padjadjaran-Dr. Hasan Sadikin Hospital, Bandung, Indonesia.
authors.forename: Firman Priguna
authors.initials: FP
authors.lastname: Tjahjono
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Padjadjaran-Dr. Hasan Sadikin Hospital, Bandung, Indonesia.
authors.forename: Akhmad
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Imron
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Padjadjaran-Dr. Hasan Sadikin Hospital, Bandung, Indonesia.
authors.forename: Muhammad Zafrullah
authors.initials: MZ
authors.lastname: Arifin
keywords: Fall from height; Hollow organ perforation; Thoracolumbar spinal injury