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Published on: November 8, 2024
Operative treatment of chance injuries in the paediatric population
Sean Suttor1, Randolph Gray, Corrine Bridge
1Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, Australia. seansuttor@hotmail.com
Purpose:
Chance fractures are an uncommon spine injury in the paediatric population. As such there is a relative paucity of evidence in the literature to guide management decisions. We present our single centre experience in the operative management of these injuries.
Methods:
All patients presenting to a tertiary paediatric trauma centre between 2000 and 2008 were included. Retrospective analysis of clinical (SRS-22 and Oswestry) and radiological outcomes was undertaken.
Results:
Twelve patients underwent operative stabilization of a Chance type injury. Radiological and clinical outcome measures demonstrated excellent outcomes in the majority of patients with no significant complications.
Conclusions:
Operative management of paediatric chance injuries with instrumentation results in excellent clinical and radiological outcomes.
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