Bilateral Locked Facets at Lower Lumbar Spine Without Facet Fracture: A Case Report

Bilateral locked facets at L4-5 without facet fracture is a rarely known disease. We present a case of a 37-year-old male patient diagnosed as traumatic L4-5 bilateral facets dislocation without facet fracture. We carried out open reduction, epidural hematoma removal, posterior interbody fusion. Aft...

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Autores principales: Im, Sang-Hyuk, Lee, Ki-Yeol, Bong, Ho-Jin, Park, Young-Sup, Kim, Jong-Tae
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Spinal Neurosurgery Society 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4431019/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25983832
http://dx.doi.org/10.14245/kjs.2012.9.3.278
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Sumario:Bilateral locked facets at L4-5 without facet fracture is a rarely known disease. We present a case of a 37-year-old male patient diagnosed as traumatic L4-5 bilateral facets dislocation without facet fracture. We carried out open reduction, epidural hematoma removal, posterior interbody fusion. After surgery, we attained rapid improvement of the neurologic deficits and competent stabilization.

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