Citation

Knapp JF, Harakas AP, Edwards RK, Sarwark JF. Pediatr. Emerg. Care 1987; 3(4): 256-257.

Affiliation

Department of Pediatrics, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO 64108.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1987, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

3324066

Abstract

Transverse fractures of the vertebral arch or Chance fractures are rare in children. The few cases described have been associated with lap-type seat belt use. The adolescent female reported sustained a transverse fracture of L2 from a fall. This is an unusual mechanism of injury producing a Chance-type fracture in an adolescent.

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