Transverse sacral fracture with transient neurologic complication

Ann Emerg Med. 1987 Jan;16(1):111-3. doi: 10.1016/s0196-0644(87)80299-8.

Abstract

A young woman fell onto her low back and sustained a transverse sacral fracture associated with urinary complaints consistent with detrusor areflexia. She was treated with intermittent bladder catheterization and was able to void normally within six days.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Female
  • Fractures, Bone / complications*
  • Fractures, Bone / diagnostic imaging
  • Humans
  • Nervous System Diseases / etiology*
  • Radiography
  • Sacrum / diagnostic imaging
  • Sacrum / injuries*
  • Urination Disorders / etiology