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Case Reports
. 1997;6(3):211-3.
doi: 10.1007/BF01301440.

Fracture of the thoracic spine with paralysis and esophageal perforation

M A Brouwers  1 , E F Veldhuis, K W Zimmerman
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Case Reports

Fracture of the thoracic spine with paralysis and esophageal perforation

M A Brouwers et al. Eur Spine J. 1997.

Abstract

A 17-year-old young man presented with a highly unstable fracture dislocation of the third and fourth thoracic vertebrae with neurological deficit, in which the fractured spine had perforated the thoracic esophagus. Open reduction and internal fixation of the spinal fractures in combination with aggressive treatment of the mediastinitis caused by esophageal perforation, consisting of two re-thoracotomies, was performed. Two years after the accident, the patient had recovered well. The neurological deficit had recovered, and there were no difficulties with swallowing.

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