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Published in: European Spine Journal 7/2018

01-07-2018 | Reviewer's Comment

Expert’s comment concerning Grand Rounds case entitled “Management of a high thoracic Chance Fracture” by A. Bourghli et al. (Eur Spine J; 2017. doi:10.1007/s00586-017-5247-8)

Author: Christoph Ulrich

Published in: European Spine Journal | Issue 7/2018

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https://static-content.springer.com/image/art%3A10.1007%2Fs00586-017-5342-x/MediaObjects/586_2017_5342_Figa_HTML.jpg When G.Q. Chance in 1948 first reported on a type of flexion fracture of the spine, little was known about the biomechanical implications and especially the impact of this injury, which resulted not only in this type of fracture, but also in a typical pattern of additional lesions as a result of this very special mechanism of injury. …
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Metadata
Title
Expert’s comment concerning Grand Rounds case entitled “Management of a high thoracic Chance Fracture” by A. Bourghli et al. (Eur Spine J; 2017. doi:10.1007/s00586-017-5247-8)
Author
Christoph Ulrich
Publication date
01-07-2018
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
European Spine Journal / Issue 7/2018
Print ISSN: 0940-6719
Electronic ISSN: 1432-0932
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-017-5342-x

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