Wednesday 20 March 2013

Posterior Spinal Fusion L1 Burst Fracture



General characteristics of this trauma:

Primary complaints: low back pain that worsens with movement.

Usually present with kyphotic posture that is unlikely to be corrected, hip flexor contractures, and moderate pain at the level of the fracture.

If the fracture has compressed the spinal nerve root, then the patient could have radiating symptons such as numbness and tingling,

The patient could have cauda equina symptons with complaints of numbness, tingling, weakness, or problems with bowel and bladder.

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