Double level Chance-type fractures of spine in ankylosing spondylitis

Double level Chance-type fractures of spine in ankylosing spondylitis

Chance fractures are usually associated with seat belt injuries. Mechanism is always related to flexion-distraction at vertebral level. Double level Chance-type fractures have rarely been reported in published literature. We presented such a fracture at D10 and L3 level in a 38-year-old patient with...

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Veröffentlicht in:Chinese journal of traumatology 2014-12, Vol.17 (6), p.361-363
Hauptverfasser: Vargaonkar, Gauresh Shantaram, Singh, Varun Kumar, Kashyap, Abhishek, Kumar, Ramesh
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Adult
Ankylosing spondylitis
Chance fractures
Fracture Fixation - methods
Humans
Spinal Fractures - therapy
Spine
Spondylitis, Ankylosing - complications
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Zusammenfassung:Chance fractures are usually associated with seat belt injuries. Mechanism is always related to flexion-distraction at vertebral level. Double level Chance-type fractures have rarely been reported in published literature. We presented such a fracture at D10 and L3 level in a 38-year-old patient with ankylosing spondylitis. Management was done with posterior decompression and short segment fixation separately
ISSN:1008-1275
DOI:10.3760/cma.j.issn.1008-1275.2014.06.014