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Traumatic disk herniations are found in 3% to 30% of spinal injuries [47, 53, 75, 111]. They may be seen in association with fractures, dislocations, gunshot wounds or without any associated injury (“isolated traumatic disk herniation”) and may be the source of neurologic deficits [93].
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Wimmer, B., Hofmann, E., Jacob, A.L.H. (1990). Injuries of the Intervertebral Disk and Neural Tissues. In: Trauma of the Spine. Radiology of the Spine. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-45666-4_4
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