Unilateral lumbosacral facet joint dislocation associated with vertical shear sacral fracture.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
An 18-year-old woman involved in a motor vehicle accident sustained a vertical shear fracture of the sacrum accompanied by unilateral dislocation of the L5-S1 joint. Evaluation of the patient's injuries was defined by computed axial tomography. Through a posterior midline incision, open reductions of the dislocated L5-S1 joint and of the sacral fracture were performed. Reduction was followed by anterior stabilization of the symphysis pubis. The patient remained neurologically intact after surgery.
Medical subject headings
- Fractures, Bone
- Joint Dislocations
- Pelvic Bones
- Sacrum
Anatomy
- lumbar spine
- sacrum-coccyx
- pelvis