Screw fixation without fusion for low lumbar chance fracture accompanied by spinal epidural hematoma in patient with ankylosing spondylitis
Abstract Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic inflammatory disease involving the sacroiliac joint and axial spine. AS may render the ankylosed spine prone to trauma and cause an increased frequency of associated epidural hematomas in spine fractures. Herein, we report a rare case of L5 chance fr...
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| Language: | English |
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BMC
2023-04-01
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| Series: | BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-023-06428-4 |