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Posterior Instrumentation for Thoracolumbar and Lumbar Fracture Dislocation

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A 38-year-old, otherwise healthy, male, fell about 30 ft. from a tree. He presented with a GCS of 15, and complete motor/sensory loss below T6 (deemed to be a T6 ASIA A spinal cord injury). His initial CT scan is shown and revealed a T6 fracture dislocation with an apparent flexion distraction mechanism. He also had facet fractures at T8 and T9 and spinous process fractures at T9 and T10 (Fig. 23.1 a–c).

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    1. Dept. Orthopaedics, University of Colorado, Denver, East 17th Avenue 12631, Aurora, 80045, Colorado, USA

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    2. Dept. Orthopaedics, University of Colorado, Denver, East 17th Avenue 12631, Aurora, 80045, Colorado, USA

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    3. Panorama Orthopedics and Spine Center, Golden Ridge Rd. 660, Golden, 80401, Colorado, USA

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    DiPaola, C.P., Kwon, B.K. (2010). Posterior Instrumentation for Thoracolumbar and Lumbar Fracture Dislocation. In: Patel, V., Burger, E., Brown, C. (eds) Spine Trauma. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-03694-1_23

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