Neurologia medico-chirurgica
Online ISSN : 1349-8029
Print ISSN : 0470-8105
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Case Reports
Delayed Neurological Insufficiency Caused by Transverse Sacral Fracture After Minor Trauma in Elderly Patients
—Two Case Reports—
Jung-Hoon LEEJin-Uk KIMJee-Soo JANGSang-Ho LEE
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2011 Volume 51 Issue 6 Pages 427-430

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Sacral fractures in elderly patients with associated lumbosacral lesions can be overlooked easily because of vague symptoms and delayed neurological insufficiency. A 70-year-old female and a 73-year-old female presented with delayed neurological insufficiency caused by transverse sacral fracture after minor trauma. Both patients had suffered from lower extremity symptoms with dysuresia and dyschezia for more than a month. Coexisting lumbosacral pathological lesions may confuse the correct diagnosis for sacral fractures. Decompressive sacral laminectomy was performed, and the patients showed relatively favorable outcomes.

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