TY - JOUR PY - 2024// TI - Esophageal entrapment in a thoracic spine fracture-dislocation injury after a motor vehicle accident JO - Curēus A1 - Danehower, Sarah A1 - Sieg, Emily SP - e63140 EP - e63140 VL - 16 IS - 6 N2 - Thoracic spine fracture-dislocation injuries result from significant forces that cause significant morbidity and mortality. In rare instances, there have been cases of associated esophageal injury from bony laceration. Here we report a case esophageal entrapment in a high thoracic distraction injury following a motor vehicle accident.

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LA - en SN - 2168-8184 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.63140 ID - ref1 ER -