Chinese journal of traumatology = Zhonghua chuang shang za zhi
Publisher:
Editorial Dept. of Chinese Journal of Traumatology,
Frequency: Quarterly, 2000-
Country: China
Language: English
Author(s):
Zhonghua yi xue hui (China : 1949- )
Start Year:1998 -
ISSN:
1008-1275 (Print)
1008-1275 (Linking)
1008-1275 (Linking)
Impact Factor
2.1
2022
| NLM ID: | 100886162 |
| (OCoLC): | 58601191 |
| LCCN: | 2005243315 |
| Classification: | W1 CH773 |
Mechanisms of mid-thoracic spine fracture/dislocation due to falls during horse racing: A report of two cases. We reported two cases of jockeys who sustained fracture/dislocation of the mid-thoracic spine due to traumatic falls during horse racing. We examined the injury mechanism based upon the patients' diagnostic images and video footage of races, in which the accidents occurred. Admission imaging of patient 1 (a 42 years old male) revealed T5 burst fracture with bony retropulsion of 7 mm causing complete paralysis below T5/6. There existed 22° focal kyphosis at T5/6, anterolisthesis of T5 relative to T6, T5/6 disc herniation, cord edema and epidural hemorrhage from T4 through T6, and cord injury f...