Orthopedic Care and Consultation
Retropulsion denotes a backward movement. In spinal fractures the term is used when a fractured fragment is pushed backwards on to the cord. A retropulsed fragment potentially causes compromises of spinal canal space and indents over the cord causing compression.
[...] both the end plates get fractured The middle column also fractures, and a portion of the body gets retropulsed backward into the canal. The posterior elements may also get [...]
[...] posterior instrumentation of spine, ligamntotaxis is used for indirect reduction of the retropulsed fragments AKPC_IDS += "3514,";Popularity: unranked [?]Click related [...]
[...] shows vertebral body comminutions that involve the posterior vertebral body, usually with retropulsed fragments that result in spinal canal [...]