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Lumbar seatbelt injury in a child: case report
1Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Albany Medical Center, NY 12208.
The Journal of Trauma
|September 1, 1989
Abstract:
Spinal injuries are uncommon in children and quite rare in the lumbar spine. A case report of an 8-year-old child sustaining a lumbar seatbelt injury with successful surgical treatment consisting of reduction and stabilization with two small Harrington compression rods, and fusion with an iliac crest autologous graft is presented.