Double level Chance-type fractures of spine in ankylosing spondylitis
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1008-1275.2014.06.014
- Author:
Vargaonkar Shantaram GAURESH
1
;
Singh Kumar VARUN
;
Kashyap ABHISHEK
;
Kumar RAMESH
Author Information
1. Central Institute of 0rthopaedics
- Keywords:
Chance fractures;
Ankylosing spondylitis;
Spine
- From:
Chinese Journal of Traumatology
2014;(6):361-363
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
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 fixation separately.
