Case discussion
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History
Patient Profile ผู้ป่วยหญิงไทยคู่ อายุ 43ปี
CC: ตกต้นไม้สูงประมาณ 4เมตร 2 ชั่วโมงก่อนมารพ
Primary survey
A – Patent airway, no cervical midline tenderness, can
flex/extend neck
B – Equal breath sound, trachea in midline, no distant heart
sound
C – BP 120/69 mmHg, PR 80 bpm, no external bleeding,
CR<2 sec
D – E4V5M6, pupil 3 mmRTLBE
Secondary survey
A – No allergy
M – No current medication
P – No underlying disease
L – Last meal 5 hours PTA
E – 2ชั่วโมงก่อนมารพ ผู้ป่วยตกต้นไม้สูงประมาณ 4เมตร เอาส้นเท้าลง
ไม่มีศีรษะกระแทก ไม่สลบ จาเหตุการณ์ได้ตลอด ปวดกลางหลังบริเวณเอวทันที
ลุกเดินไม่ได้ ลุกนั่งไม่ได้ งอยืดหลังไม่ได้ ยกแขนขาพอได้ ไม่ชา ไม่มีบาดแผล
ภายนอก กลั้นปัสสาวะอุจจาระได้
Physical examination
PE: Vital signs – BP 120/60mmHg,PR 80bpm, RR14/min, Temp 36.6◦C
GA – A Thai woman, good consciousness, well co-operative
HEENT – no pale conjunctiva, anicteric sclera, no subconjunctival hemorrhage
Heart – pulse full, regular, normal S1S2, no murmur
Lungs – good air entry, normal breath sound equal both lungs
Abdomen – no distension, no ecchymosis, soft, no tenderness
Extremities and Back – tender at posterior midline of lumbar region and Left
calcaneus, cannot flex and extend back, no external wound
Physical examination
• Motor: normal tone
• DTR 2+, BBK absent
• PR – good sphincter tone, bulbocarvernosus reflex +ve
Right Left
Motor Sensory Motor Sensory
C5 V intact V intact
C6 V intact V intact
C7 V intact V intact
C8 V intact V intact
T1 V intact V intact
L2 V intact V intact
L3 V intact V intact
L4 V intact V intact
L5 V intact V intact
S1 V intact V intact
Film
•TL spine AP
Film
•TL spine lateral
Film
•Left calcaneus axial view
•CT spine (L1)
Diagnosis: Burst fracture of L1 spine
Management
Surgery – Percutaneous pedicle screw fixation T12-L2
Thoracolumbar spinal
Fracture and dislocation
Anatomy
•Support the axial musculature
•Protect the spinal cord and nerve roots
Classification
Denis classification system
anterior column
• anterior longitudinal ligament (ALL)
• anterior 2/3 of vertebral body and annulus
middle column
• posterior longitudinal ligament (PLL)
• posterior 1/3 of vertebral body and annulus
posterior column
• pedicles
• lamina
• facets
• ligamentum flavum
• spinous process
• posterior ligament complex (PLC)
Posterior Ligamentous Complex
critical predictor of spinal fracture stability
consists of
supraspinous ligament
interspinous ligament
ligamentum flavum
facet capsule
Denis classification system
Denis classification system แบ่ง T-L fracture เป็น 4 กลุ่ม
•1. Compression fracture
•2. Burst fracture
•3. Flexion distraction (seat belt-type)
•4. Fracture dislocation
Compression fracture
•Failure of anterior column
•The middle column is intact
•Usually no Neurological deficits
Compression fracture
Burst fracture
•Axial compression resulting in Failure of anterior and middle
column
•If posterior column involved results in instability
•Most common at T/L junction
Burst fracture
Flexion distraction (seat belt-type)
•Hyper-flexion and subsequent tension forces
•Both posterior and middle columns fail
•The anterior part of the anterior column may partially damaged ,but
still functions like a hinge
Flexion distraction (seat belt-type)
Fracture dislocation
•failure of all three columns under compression, tension, rotation, or
shear.
•similar to seat-belt-type injury. However, the anterior hinge is also
disrupted and some degree of dislocation is present.
Fracture dislocation
TLIC score
Management
•Nonoperative
indications
- compression, stable burst and chance fracture (PLC
intact) with neurologically intact
treat in orthosis for 6 to 12 weeks depending on degree of
instability
Management
•Operative
indications for surgery
- progressive neurologic deficits
- gross spinal instability
- posterior ligament complex stability compromised
Complication
References
•ตาราออร์โธปิดิกส์ ฉบับเรียบเรียงใหม่ ครั้งที่ 3, คณะแพทยศาสตร์ รพ.
รามาธิบดี.
•Rockwood and Green’s, Fracture in Adults, 3rd Edition.
•Netter’s Concise Orthopaedic anatomy, 2nd Edition.
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