BURST FRACTURE OF THE FIFTH LUMBAR VERTEBRA WITH UNILATERAL FACET DISLOCATION

1 May 1994

journal article
case report
Published by Wolters Kluwer Health

Vol. 36 (5) , 755-757
https://doi.org/10.1097/00005373-199405000-00031

Abstract

A case of a burst fracture in conjunction with a facet dislocation of the fifth lumbar vertebra in a 15-year-old boy is reported. The patient was treated with open reduction and stabilization of L4 to S1 with a reduction-fixation stabilization system and placement of a Taylor-Knight brace. At 1-year follow-up examination the fusion was solid and the boy had resumed full activities.

Keywords

DISLOCATION
STABILIZATION
FRACTURE
LUMBAR VERTEBRA
BURST
FACET
FIFTH LUMBAR

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