Yu-Lin Cao,Yan-Jiu Han,Peng Chen,Ze-Ming Liu,Muradil Mutar,Yong Gao,Zeng-Wu Shao,Wei Tong,Yong Liu.[J].Chin J Traumatol,2020,23(4):211-215. [doi]
Surgical treatment of thoracolumbar fracture with incomplete lower limb paralysis in a patient with COVID-19
  
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Yu-Lin Cao Department of Orthopaedics, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China 
Yan-Jiu Han Department of Orthopaedics, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China 
Peng Chen Department of Orthopaedics, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China 
Ze-Ming Liu Department of Plastic Surgery, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, China 
Muradil Mutar Department of Orthopaedics, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China
Department of Orthopedics, Silk Road Hospital, Kashgar, Xinjiang, 844000, China 
Yong Gao Department of Orthopaedics, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China 
Zeng-Wu Shao Department of Orthopaedics, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China 
Wei Tong Department of Orthopaedics, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China 
Yong Liu Department of Orthopaedics, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China 
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      Since December 2019, COVID-19, an acute infectious disease, has gradually become a global threat. We report a case of thoracolumbar fractures (T12 and L1) and incomplete lower limb paralysis in a patient with COVID-19. After a series of conservative treatment which did not work at all, posterior open reduction and pedicle screw internal fixation of the thoracolumbar fracture were performed in Wuhan Union Hospital. Three weeks later, the patient could stand up and the pneumonia is almost cured. We successfully performed a surgery in a COVID-19 patient, and to our knowledge it is the first operation for a COVID-19 patient ever reported.
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