Abstract:Objective: To report a rare case of lumbar vertebral subluxation associated with spontaneous reduction in an adolescent treated conservatively. Clinical Presentation and Intervention: A 14-year-old male victim of a snowboard accident, which caused a lumbar spinal injury, was referred to the emergency room with significant lumbar pain. Neurologic examination was normal. Radiographic assessment at admission showed a unilateral left lateral subluxation of the L2-L3 vertebrae without associated fractures. These fi… Show more
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