@article{ref1,
title="Lap-belt injury with complete avulsion of the spinal cord and cauda equina",
journal="Clinical anatomy",
year="2006",
author="Tubbs, R. Shane and Golden, Blake and Doyle, Scott and Grabb, Paul A. and Oakes, W. Jerry",
volume="19",
number="7",
pages="665-668",
abstract="The authors report a child who was involved in an automobile accident. The patient was restrained by a rear seat lap belt. Radiological examination revealed an L4 Chance-type fracture and ligamentous disruption at the L4-L5 interval. During superficial dissection of the paraspinal muscles for a spinal fusion procedure, the cauda equina and the lower spinal cord (several centimeters) were visible, completely transected and herniated into the extraspinal space through a disrupted thoracolumbar fascia. The clinician should be aware of the potentially devastating results following a lap-belt injury in which a Chance fracture is produced.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0897-3806",
doi="10.1002/ca.20211",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ca.20211"
}