Medicine:Holdsworth fracture
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In medicine the Holdsworth fracture is an unstable fracture dislocation of the thoraco lumbar junction of the spine. The injury comprises a fracture through a vertebral body, rupture of the posterior spinal ligaments and fractures of the facet joints.[1]
The injury was described by Frank Wild Holdsworth in 1963. He described the mechanism of this injury as a flexion-rotation injury, and said that the unstable fracture dislocation should be treated by fusion of the two affected vertebrae.[2]
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References
- ↑ Tim B Hunter; Leonard F Peltier; Pamela J Lund (2000). "Musculoskeletal Eponyms: Who Are Those Guys?". RadioGraphics 20 (3): 819–36. doi:10.1148/radiographics.20.3.g00ma20819. PMID 10835130.
- ↑ Holdsworth FW (February 1963). "Fractures, dislocations, and fracture-dislocations of the spine.". J Bone Joint Surg Br 45-B (1): 6–20. doi:10.1302/0301-620X.45B1.6. http://www.jbjs.org.uk/cgi/reprint/45-B/1/6. Retrieved 2009-11-05.
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