We describe a young woman with completely disrupted Chance fracture of the second lumbar vertebra in association with left hemidiaphragmatic rupture/hernia, multiple bowel perforations, splenic ...

In 18 cases, a low energy injury of the spine occurred and in only 2 cases the cause was a high-energy injury (table 2). The fractures occurred in the cervical spine were compression injuries.

When the spinal column experiences enough traumatic force, its bony elements can break (known as a fracture). Vertebrae that have been weakened due to osteoporosis can break even as a result of a low ...

Transverse process fractures of the thoracic spine at level 5–9 (Th5-9) on the left side and lumbar spine level 2–3 bilateral (L2-3). A L4 and spinal process fracture with a lateral wedge causing ...

Methods Patients with A2, A3 and A4 fractures of the T10–L2 spinal segment without neurological impairment, fracture gap >2 mm, vertebra plana, pedicle rupture, pedicle diameter <6 mm, spinal canal ...

The incidence of lumbar OVCF combined with thoracic vertebral fractures was T11 (10, 25.00%), T12 (17, 10.49%), L1 (16, 8.74%), L2 (7, 7.37%), L3 (9, 20.00%), L4 (4, 12.50%), L5 (2, 15.38%), and ...