Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery
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A 30-year-old male was diagnosed with a disruption of the musculofibrotic abdominal wall as a result of a blunt trauma 3 years after the injury. His traumatic abdominal wall hernia (TAWH) was initially missed on physical examination and computed tomography. ⋯ Missing a TAWH might have major consequences, such as incarceration and strangulation. Therefore, it is important to consider a TAWH after blunt abdominal trauma.
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Arch Orthop Trauma Surg · Apr 2013
The protective role of dynamic stabilization on the adjacent disc to a rigid instrumented level. An in vitro biomechanical analysis.
To assess the changes of intradiscal pressure at the bridged and at the adjacent levels to a lumbar two-level hybrid instrumentation. ⋯ The raise of intradiscal pressure at the adjacent segment to a rigid instrumented segment can be reduced when the rigid construct is augmented with a dynamic stabilization device. Hybrid constructs might have a possible protecting role preventing the occurrence of degenerative disc changes at the adjacent segment to a rigid instrumented level. Augmentation with a dynamic stabilization device might protect the disc above a rigid rod pedicle screw construct.