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Keywords

thoraco-lumbar fracture-dislocation
spine fracture
partial vertebrectomy
spine shortening

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Costachescu, B., Popescu, C. E., Iliescu, B., Chiriac, A., Filipescu, R., & Pendefunda, L. (2014). Partial vertebrectomy with vertebral shortening for thoraco-lumbar fracture-dislocation: Case report and technical note. Romanian Neurosurgery, 21(2), 183–187. Retrieved from https://journals.lapub.co.uk/index.php/roneurosurgery/article/view/743

Abstract

Thoraco-lumbar fracture-dislocations represent one of the most instable lesions and are frequently associated with neurological deficit. We present a patient with a T11 – T12 fracture-dislocation with complete neurological deficit – ASIA - A, who underwent partial vertebrectomy, shortening of the spine and posterior instrumentation 21 days after a motor vehicle accident.

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