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FRACTURE-DISLOCATION OF THE LUMBO-SACRAL SPINE WITH CAUDA EQUINA LESION

Report of Two Cases



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Abstract

1. Two cases of fracture-dislocation of the spine at the lumbo-sacral level are reported.

2. One patient was treated conservatively and survived, with a cauda equina lesion which is now recovering. One patient was treated by operative decompression and died offat embolism.

3. The lumbo-sacral joint is locked in the dislocated position.

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