Surgical management of traumatic thoracic spondyloptosis: Review of 2 cases

摘要: Spondyloptosis due to trauma is a very rare injury typically associated with motor vehicle accidents and at the lumbosacral junction. This report describes two patients T6-7 T12-L1 spondyloptosis secondary trauma. The former was 36-year-old man who pinned under 200 kg hay bale, suffering immediate paraplegia undergoing successful posterior reduction stabilization via single stage approach. Two years after his he has not developed any new deformity or neurological deterioration. latter 22-year-old miner thrown against ceiling of coalmine suffered hyperflexion resulting in an T12 paraplegia. Again able be achieved through pedicle screw instrumentation single-stage These are first reported cases traumatic thoracic spondyloptosis. rationale, likely mechanisms surgical technique required for operative