Orthop Nurs 2017 Sep/Oct;36(5):350-355
Chen Zhao, MS, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Medical University, Baqiao District, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China Bing Zhang, BS, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Medical University, Baqiao District, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China. Jiandang Shi, MD, General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Xingqing District, Victory Street, Yinchuan City, Ningxia Province, China. Yaping Li, BS, General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Xingqing District, Victory Street, Yinchuan City, Ningxia Province, China. Long Pang, MD, General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Xingqing District, Victory Street, Yinchuan City, Ningxia Province, China.
Fractures and dislocations with complete lateral displacement of the spine at the lumbar and thoracic levels are some of the most severe types of thoracolumbar trauma. They are usually caused by high-energy trauma and accompanied by extreme, life-threatening injuries and neurological deficits that vary in severity, which may delay operative intervention. It is often difficult to reduce such a complex fracture-dislocation because of the force that the muscles exert on the bone and the injured part of the spinal cord. Read More