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 wit...

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Main Author: Vargaonkar Shantaram
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-12-01
Series:Chinese Journal of Traumatology
Online Access:http://www.cjtrauma.com/apps/ojs/index.php/cjt/article/view/599
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spelling doaj-5c8bc20d65fa42e793b602a856cd9ab22020-11-25T01:06:00ZengElsevierChinese Journal of Traumatology1008-12752014-12-01176363Double level Chance-type fractures of spine in ankylosing spondylitisVargaonkar ShantaramChance 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 fi xation separately. Key words: Chance fractures; Ankylosing spondylitis; Spinehttp://www.cjtrauma.com/apps/ojs/index.php/cjt/article/view/599
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Double level Chance-type fractures of spine in ankylosing spondylitis
Chinese Journal of Traumatology
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title Double level Chance-type fractures of spine in ankylosing spondylitis
title_short Double level Chance-type fractures of spine in ankylosing spondylitis
title_full Double level Chance-type fractures of spine in ankylosing spondylitis
title_fullStr Double level Chance-type fractures of spine in ankylosing spondylitis
title_full_unstemmed Double level Chance-type fractures of spine in ankylosing spondylitis
title_sort double level chance-type fractures of spine in ankylosing spondylitis
publisher Elsevier
series Chinese Journal of Traumatology
issn 1008-1275
publishDate 2014-12-01
description 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 fi xation separately. Key words: Chance fractures; Ankylosing spondylitis; Spine
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