Multiple Noncontiguous Fractures in Cervical Spine: Cases Report.
10.4184/jkss.2010.17.1.26
- Author:
Myoung Soo KIM
1
;
Chang Bum LEE
;
Jeong Han HA
;
Hyung Taek PARK
;
Sun Jin CHOI
;
Jong Hoon PARK
Author Information
1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Busan, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Cervical spine;
Multiple noncontiguous fractures
- MeSH:
Female;
Fractures, Compression;
Humans;
Multiple Trauma;
Spinal Cord Injuries;
Spine*
- From:Journal of Korean Society of Spine Surgery
2010;17(1):26-32
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
STUDY DESIGN: Cases report OBJECTIVES: We report 2 cases of relatively rare cervical fracture. SUMMARY OF LITERATURE REVIEW: Although numerous studies in the literature have investigated cervical spine injuries, patients with multiple-level cervical fractures have not been commonly described. Multiple non-contiguous cervical fractures are distinctively unusual. MATERIALS AND METHODS: First case was a girl aged 8 years and 4 months who had multifocal compression fracture of C3, 5, 6 & T7, 8 without spinal cord injury. Second case was a thirty nine-year-old female who had Type I Hangman's fracture and compression fractures of C3, 7. RESULTS: We had satisfactory results of them treated nonsurgically. CONCLUSIONS: We should remind that cervical spinal column can incur multiple injuries in variant patterns.