Gauresh Shantaram Vargaonkar,Varun Kumar Singh,Abhishek Kashyap,Ramesh Kumar.[J].Chin J Traumatol,2014,17(6):361-363. [doi]
Double level Chance-type fractures of spine in ankylosing spondylitis
  
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KeyWord: Chance fractures  Ankylosing spondylitis  Spine
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Gauresh Shantaram Vargaonkar Central Institute of Orthopaedics, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College & Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi 110029, India 
Varun Kumar Singh Central Institute of Orthopaedics, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College & Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi 110030, India 
Abhishek Kashyap Central Institute of Orthopaedics, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College & Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi 110031, India 
Ramesh Kumar Central Institute of Orthopaedics, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College & Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi 110032, India 
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Abstract:
      Chance fractures are usually associated with seat belt injuries. Mechanism is always related to flexion-distraction at vertebral level. Double level Chance-type fractures have rarely been reported in published literature. We presented such a fracture at D10 and L3 level in a 38-year-old patient with ankylosing spondylitis. Management was done with posterior decompression and short segment fixation separately.
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