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

J Trauma. 2009 Mar;66(3):922-30. doi: 10.1097/01.ta.0000215415.87801.fc.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Decompression, Surgical
  • Disability Evaluation
  • Dura Mater / diagnostic imaging
  • Dura Mater / injuries
  • Dura Mater / surgery
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Joint Dislocations / diagnostic imaging
  • Joint Dislocations / surgery*
  • Joint Instability / diagnostic imaging
  • Joint Instability / surgery*
  • Laminectomy
  • Lumbar Vertebrae / diagnostic imaging
  • Lumbar Vertebrae / injuries*
  • Lumbar Vertebrae / surgery
  • Middle Aged
  • Multiple Trauma / diagnostic imaging
  • Multiple Trauma / surgery*
  • Neurologic Examination
  • Prosthesis Implantation
  • Reoperation
  • Spinal Cord Compression / diagnostic imaging
  • Spinal Cord Compression / surgery
  • Spinal Cord Injuries / diagnostic imaging
  • Spinal Cord Injuries / surgery
  • Spinal Fractures / diagnostic imaging
  • Spinal Fractures / surgery*
  • Spinal Fusion / methods
  • Suicide, Attempted
  • Thoracic Vertebrae / diagnostic imaging
  • Thoracic Vertebrae / injuries*
  • Thoracic Vertebrae / surgery
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Zygapophyseal Joint / injuries*
  • Zygapophyseal Joint / surgery