@article{ref1,
title="Unique mechanism of chance fracture in a young adult male",
journal="Western journal of emergency medicine",
year="2013",
author="Birch, Aaron and Walsh, Ryan and Devita, Diane",
volume="14",
number="2",
pages="147-148",
abstract="Since the first description of the Chance fracture in 1948, there have been few case reports of unique mechanisms causing this classical flexion-extension injury to the spine in motor vehicle accidents, sports injury, and falls. To our knowledge, this injury has not been reported from a fall with the mechanistic forces acting laterally on the spine and with spinal support in place. We present a 21-year-old male who slid down a flight of stairs onto his side wearing a heavy mountaineering style backpack, subsequently sustaining a Chance fracture of his first lumbar vertebrae.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1936-900X",
doi="10.5811/westjem.2012.9.12646",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/westjem.2012.9.12646"
}