TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Unique mechanism of chance fracture in a young adult male
JO  - Western journal of emergency medicine
A1  - Birch, Aaron
A1  - Walsh, Ryan
A1  - Devita, Diane
SP  - 147
EP  - 148
VL  - 14
IS  - 2
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1936-900X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/westjem.2012.9.12646
ID  - ref1
ER  -