Background: Fracture-dislocations of the thoracic spine without spinal cord injury are very rare.
Case Presentation: A 35-year-old woman presented to our emergency department with complete T6-7 fracture-dislocation without any neurological loss had undergone a surgical reduction and fixation.
Conclusions: The radiological severity of fracture-dislocation pattern doesn't correlate sometimes with the clinical manifestation.
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