Contiguous Bifacet Dislocation, a Case Report
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2010Author
Kigera, JWM
Nyati, M
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Bifacet dislocations of the cervical spine are severe debilitating injuries often associated with complete cord
injury. Contiguous bilateral facet dislocations are extremely rare and, to the best of our knowledge, have only
been described once before. We present a patient who was involved in a road traffic accident. Pre-operative radiographs
suggested contiguous bifacet injury and this was confirmed intra-operatively. This should alert physicians
to the possibility of contiguous injuries to the cervical spine.
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SA ORTHOPAEDICJOURNAL Spring 2010Publisher
College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi
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