Thoracolumbar Chance fracture during a professional female soccer game: case report. uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • We report a rare case of an unstable flexion-distraction spine fracture with ligament involvement that occurred during a professional female soccer game. There were no neurological déficit. The patient had a painful midline gap which suggested ligamentar injury that was not immediately recognized. Despite that, proper immobilization and referral to hospital for further evaluation avoided additional spinal cord damage. The patient underwent a monosegmental posterior instrumentation spine fusion and after 6 months returned to professional soccer activities. This paper alerts to the possibility of occurrence of severe and unstable spine injuries during soccer practice and the importance of an adequate initial care at the game field in order to avoid iatrogenic neurological injuries.

publication date

  • January 1, 2016

Research

keywords

  • Lumbar Vertebrae
  • Soccer
  • Spinal Fractures

Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC1724970

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 85021854462

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1590/S1679-45082016RC3432

PubMed ID

  • 27074237

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 14

issue

  • 1