ISOLATED TRANSVERSE SACRUM FRACTURE AND ITS IMPLICATIONS: A CASE

S. Başarslan; Mehmet Zileli

doi:https://doi.org/10.17944/mkutfd.13279

Article Details

ISOLATED TRANSVERSE SACRUM FRACTURE AND ITS IMPLICATIONS: A CASE

Authors:

S. Başarslan | Mehmet Zileli

Publisher:

Hatay Mustafa Kemal University

Main Topics:

Promotion of health

Journal:

The Medical Journal of Mustafa Kemal University 2014 Vol.5 Issue 17, pp.45-49

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

3/2015

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000599260

Frequency:

Tri-annual

eISSN:

2149-3103

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17944/mkutfd.13279

Abstract:

 

Fractures of the sacrum are uncommon and generally associated with fracture of the pelvis. Transverse fractures of the sacrum are even less frequent, and neurological deficit may accompany these fractures. A case of transverse fracture sacrum with cauda equina injury treated lately by sacral laminectomy and S1, S2 root decompression, is reported. Since the first case report of sacral fracture with injury to cauda equine, there have been sporadic reports of such fracture in the literature. We report an unusual case of transverse sacral fracture with neurological damage, which presented to our clinic after four months of injury.

 


Fractures of the sacrum are uncommon and generally associated with fracture of the pelvis. Transversefractures of the sacrum are even less frequent, and neurological deficit may accompany these fractures. A case oftransverse fracture sacrum with cauda equina injury treated lately by sacral laminectomy and S1, S2 rootdecompression, is reported. Since the first case report of sacral fracture with injury to cauda equine, there havebeen sporadic reports of such fracture in the literature. We report an unusual case of transverse sacral fracturewith neurological damage, which presented to our clinic after four months of injury.Key Words: Transvers fracture, trauma, spinal injury, sacrum

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Article Details

ISOLATED TRANSVERSE SACRUM FRACTURE AND ITS IMPLICATIONS: A CASE

Authors: S. Başarslan | Mehmet Zileli

Publisher: Hatay Mustafa Kemal University

Main Topics: Promotion of health

Journal: The Medical Journal of Mustafa Kemal University 2014 Vol.5 Issue 17, pp.45-49

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 3/2015

Document Language: English

Document ID (Org No.): 2000599260

Frequency: Tri-annual

eISSN: 2149-3103

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17944/mkutfd.13279

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Authors:

S. Başarslan | Mehmet Zileli

Publisher:

Hatay Mustafa Kemal University

Main Topics:

Promotion of health

Journal:

The Medical Journal of Mustafa Kemal University 2014 Vol.5 Issue 17, pp.45-49

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

3/2015

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000599260

Frequency:

Tri-annual

eISSN:

2149-3103

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17944/mkutfd.13279