Entrapment of bowel within a spinal fracture.

Rodger, R M; Missiuna, P; Ein, S · J Pediatr Orthop · 1991

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

Entrapment of bowel by fracture fragments is extremely rare. A case of entrapment of a loop of jejunum between two vertebral bodies in the lumbar spine is reported. The mechanism appeared to be a hyperextension force with a rotatory component.

Medical subject headings

Anatomy