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L1 Burst Fracture

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M30, RH, previously healthy, sustained lower back injury whilst sledging and presented with severe low back pain and urinary retention, o/e normal LL power, bilateral L5/S1 hyperesthesia, altered perineal sensation, reflexes slightly increased

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L5/S1:

Fifth lumbar and first sacral vertebrae

T12–L1:

12th Thoracic to 1st lumbar vertebrae

TLICS:

Thoracolumbar injury classification and severity score

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Tolias, C.M., Giamouriadis, A., Hogg, F.R.A., Ghimire, P. (2019). L1 Burst Fracture. In: Neurosurgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98234-2_12

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