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Acute Traumatic Lumbar Spondyloptosis with Complete Neurological Deficit: A Case Report and Literature Review

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Introduction: Acute traumatic spondyloptosis is a rare injury resulting from high-energy impactcreating an unstable injury requiring surgical reconstruction and stabilization. Although rarely described in clinical practice this injury needs to be emphasized due to severe clinical manifestations and poor prognosis due to associated neurological injury. Case Report: In this paper, we report a rare case of traumatic lumbar spondyloptosis at L2-L3 and the reduction technique. Case was managed with minimally invasive technique with percutaneous fixation and reduction. Conclusion: These types of rare injuries are a real challenge to manage properly and as the literature is scarce, this marks the further difficulty in their proper management.

Source: Journal of Orthopaedic Case Reports

DOI: 10.13107/jocr.2025.v15.i04.5492

Authors: Gaurav Kumar Sharma, Amit Kumar Salaria, Harshit Verma, Sukhmin Singh

Institution: All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bilaspur

Language: English

Topic: Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques

Subfield: Surgery

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $250