Chance Fracture

Aka: Chance Fracture, Chance Flexion Distraction Fracture of Vertebra, Chance Vertebral Fracture, Seat Belt Fracture

II. Pathophysiology

  1. High velocity Traumatic Injury (e.g. MVA with Lap belt only)
  2. Causes flexion and distraction of the thoracolumbar spine
  3. Unstable, transverse Fracture through the anterior, middle and posterior Vertebral body

III. Associated Conditions

  1. Spinal cord injury
  2. Traumatic Aortic Disruption
  3. Liver Laceration
  4. Splenic Rupture
  5. Mesentary or Small Bowel injury (if Seat Belt Sign present)

IV. Signs

  1. Point tenderness over thoracolumbar Vertebrae (L1 region)
  2. Seat Belt Sign

V. Management

  1. Spine surgery is typically required

VI. Resources

  1. Chance Fracture (Radiopedia)
    1. https://radiopaedia.org/articles/chance-fracture

VII. References

  1. Herbert, Orman and Hollander in Herbert (2018) EM:Rap 18(4): 13

Images: Related links to external sites (from Bing)

These images are a random sampling from a Bing search on the term "Chance Fracture." Click on the image (or right click) to open the source website in a new browser window. Search Bing for all related images

Related Studies

Ontology: Chance flexion distraction fracture of vertebra (C3532895)

Concepts Injury or Poisoning (T037)
SnomedCT 473438000
English Chance flexion distraction fracture of vertebra (disorder), Chance fracture of vertebra, Chance flexion distraction fracture of vertebra, Chance fracture, Seat belt fracture
Spanish fractura por flexión-distracción de vértebra de Chance (trastorno), fractura vertebral de Chance, fractura por flexión-distracción de vértebra de Chance, Fractura por el cinturón de seguridad, Fractura de Chance
Czech Seat belt poranění, Chanceho zlomenina
Dutch chance fractuur, fractuur door autogordel
French Fracture liée à la ceinture de sécurité, Fracture de Chance
German Chance-Fraktur, Sitzgurt-Fraktur
Hungarian Chance-féle törés, Biztonsági öv által okozott törés
Italian Frattura da cintura di sicurezza, Frattura di Chance
Japanese シートベルト骨折, ﾁｬﾝｽｺｯｾﾂ, ｼｰﾄﾍﾞﾙﾄｺｯｾﾂ, チャンス骨折
Portuguese Fractura do cinto de segurança, Fractura de Chance
Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)

Related Topics in Lumbar Spine Disorders

2020 Family Practice Notebook, LLC. Terms | Privacy (EHS) | About | Site Map | Blog

Footer Site Logo