PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Lee F. Rogers
AU  - Craig Thayer
AU  - Peter E. Weinberg
AU  - Kwang S. Kim
TI  - Acute Injuries of the Upper Thoracic Spine Associated With Paraplegia
DP  - 1980 Jan 01
TA  - American Journal of Neuroradiology
PG  - 89--95
VI  - 1
IP  - 1
4099  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/1/1/89.short
4100  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/1/1/89.full
SO  - Am. J. Neuroradiol.1980 Jan 01; 1
AB  - A review of 35 cases of acute injury of the upper thoracic spine associated with paraplegia was done. In 32, a fracture-dislocation was present; in two, there was a dislocation without associated fracture; and in one, neither fracture nor dislocation was identified. A total of 22 cases conformed to a pattern of injury consisting of anterior fracture dislocation with disruption of the intervening facets joints and various vertebral body fractures. Tomography was necessary for characterization of the injuries. There was a 17% incidence of associated second level spinal injuries, usually a hyperextension injury of the cervical spine.