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Lap‐belt injury with complete avulsion of the spinal cord and cauda equina

Author(s) -

Tubbs R. Shane,

Golden Blake,

Doyle Scott,

Grabb Paul A.,

Oakes W. Jerry

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

clinical anatomy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.667

H-Index - 71

eISSN - 1098-2353

pISSN - 0897-3806

DOI - 10.1002/ca.20211

Subject(s) - medicine , cauda equina , avulsion , fascia , spinal cord , surgery , dissection (medical) , cauda equina syndrome , spinal cord injury , anatomy , psychiatry

The authors report a child who was involved in an automobile accident. The patient was restrained by a rear seat lap belt. Radiological examination revealed an L4 Chance‐type fracture and ligamentous disruption at the L4–L5 interval. During superficial dissection of the paraspinal muscles for a spinal fusion procedure, the cauda equina and the lower spinal cord (several centimeters) were visible, completely transected and herniated into the extraspinal space through a disrupted thoracolumbar fascia. The clinician should be aware of the potentially devastating results following a lap‐belt injury in which a Chance fracture is produced. Clin. Anat. 19:665–668, 2006. © 2005 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.

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