Surgical treatment of thoracolumbar fracture with incomplete lower limb paralysis in a patient with COVID-19.
10.1016/j.cjtee.2020.05.005
- VernacularTitle:Surgical treatment of thoracolumbar fracture with incomplete lower limb paralysis in a patient with COVID-19
- Author:
Yu-Lin CAO
1
;
Yan-Jiu HAN
1
;
Peng CHEN
1
;
Ze-Ming LIU
2
;
Muradil MUTAR
3
;
Yong GAO
1
;
Zeng-Wu SHAO
1
;
Wei TONG
1
;
Yong LIU
4
,
5
Author Information
1. Department of Orthopaedics, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China.
2. Department of Plastic Surgery, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, China.
3. Department of Orthopaedics, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China; Department of Orthopedics, Silk Road Hospital, Kashgar, Xinjiang, 844000, China.
4. Department of Orthopaedics, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China. Electronic address: lw7812@
5. com.
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- Keywords:
COVID-19;
Cytokine storm;
Surgery;
Vertebrate fracture
- MeSH:
Betacoronavirus;
Coronavirus Infections;
complications;
Fracture Fixation, Internal;
Humans;
Lumbar Vertebrae;
injuries;
surgery;
Male;
Middle Aged;
Pandemics;
Paralysis;
surgery;
Pedicle Screws;
Pneumonia, Viral;
complications;
Spinal Fractures;
surgery;
Thoracic Vertebrae;
injuries;
surgery
- From:
Chinese Journal of Traumatology
2020;23(4):211-215
- CountryChina
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Since December 2019, COVID-19, an acute infectious disease, has gradually become a global threat. We report a case of thoracolumbar fractures (T and L) and incomplete lower limb paralysis in a patient with COVID-19. After a series of conservative treatment which did not work at all, posterior open reduction and pedicle screw internal fixation of the thoracolumbar fracture were performed in Wuhan Union Hospital. Three weeks later, the patient could stand up and the pneumonia is almost cured. We successfully performed a surgery in a COVID-19 patient, and to our knowledge it is the first operation for a COVID-19 patient ever reported.
