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Atraumatic thoracic spinal fracture mimicking herpes zoster neuralgia: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2021
Background Intercostal neuralgia is most common in patients with herpes zoster, but it might be the initial symptom of serious diseases, such as atraumatic spinal fracture, which may lead to serious consequences if not diagnosed and treated early. Severe
Liming Cao, Xiang Xiao, Shixin Du
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Structural analysis of the human tibia in men with spinal cord injury by tomographic (pQCT) serial scans

, 2010
Spinal cord injury (SCI), as a primarily neurological disorder that causes muscular atrophy, is well known to be associated with sub-lesional bone losses. These losses are more pronounced from epiphyseal than from diaphyseal regions.
Rittweger, Jörn, Goosey-Tolfrey, Vicky, Ferretti, Jose Luis, Cointry, Gustavo   +3 more
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PREVALENCE OF SPINAL FRACTURES AND ORTHOPEDIC FRACTURES CAUSED BY ROAD TRAFFIC INJURIES

, 2023
Background: Road traffic injures (RTIs) are the third leading cause of death in the world after heart diseases and cancer. The aim of the present study was to determine the prevalence of spinal cord fractures (SCF) and other general orthopedic fractures (
Fahami, A., Komlakh, K., Khaledian, N., Karimiyarandi, H.   +3 more
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Vertebral fracture caused by electric shock: case report and systematic review

Frontiers in Surgery
ObjectiveThis study aims to explore the clinical characteristics of spinal fractures resulting from electric shock injuries. By analyzing a rare case of spinal fractures following electric shock, combined with a review of existing literature, we aim to ...
Dan Liu, Xin Chen, Jingming Wang, Kai Wu, Fangda Geng, Weimin Huang   +5 more
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Traumatic Death due to Simultaneous Double Spine Fractures in Patient with Ankylosing Spondylitis

Case Reports in Orthopedics, 2015
The aim of this study is to report the rare occurrence of simultaneous double spine fractures in a patient with progressive ankylosing spondylitis (AS). An 82-year-old male with established AS had low-energy falls.
Mitsuru Yagi, Shunsuke Sato, Atsushi Miyake, Takashi Asazuma   +3 more
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Double non-contiguous fractures in a patient with spondylo-epiphyseal dysplasia with spinal ankylosis treated with open and percutaneous spinal fixation technique: a case report

BMC Research Notes, 2018
Background Patients with ankylosing spines are susceptible to developing spinal fractures even with minor trauma and can develop early or late neurological injuries.
Takahiro Ushijima, Kenichi Kawaguchi, Tadashi Matsumoto, Masaki Takagi, Tatsuro Kondoh, Gen Nishimura, Aritoshi Iida, Shiro Ikegawa, Nobuhiko Haga, Go Kato   +9 more
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Progressive spinal destruction secondary to minimal vertebral fracture in a patient with diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis: a case report

Journal of International Medical Research, 2023
Early operative fixation is widely recognized as essential for managing spinal fractures in patients with diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH).
Urara Kuwae, Takeo Harada, Ryoichi Shibuya, Takeshi Fuji   +3 more
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Spinal Canal Decompression and Neurological Outcome in Thoracolumbar Burst Fractures; A Review of Evidence- Based Data

Global Spine Journal, 2016
Background The association between neurologic recovery and initial compromise of spinal canal has not been frequently documented and the controversy persists regarding the management of bone fragments within the spinal canal after thoracolumbar burst ...
Omar Elwardany
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Role of Diffusion-Weighted and Chemical Shift Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Differentiation of Benign and Malignant Spinal Fractures

Galician Medical Journal, 2020
Atraumatic spinal compression fractures are common clinical problem. Differentiating benign osteoporotic fractures from pathological fractures due to malignant/metastatic lesions affects the management and prognoses in patients with known extraspinal ...
Waseem Ahmed Sheikh, Feroze A Shaheen, Nasir Ahmad Lone, Srabjit S Chhiber, Rumana Hamid Makhdoomi   +4 more
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Comparison of the biomechanical performance of three spinal implants for treating the wedge-shaped burst fractures

Medicine in Novel Technology and Devices, 2022
Spinal fracture is a serious problem impairing life quality, associating with low back pain and many other chronic diseases. Among all the spinal fractures, the rate of thoracolumbar fractures is the highest and accounts for approximately 90%.
Tingxiang Gong, Yongtao Lu, Liangliang Cheng   +2 more
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