Spinal fracture in an ankylosed spine is also difficult to treat. We recently treated a case of thoracic spine fracture in a patient with Parkinson's disease complicating a severely ankylosed spine.

Chance fractures most commonly occur in an area of the spine called the thoracolumbar junction (where the thoracic spine joins the lumbar spine). They typically involve the 12th thoracic vertebra ...

Dr Lee explained: “There are 12 bones in your mid and upper back numbered T1 to T12, and they ... the facet joints.” Fractures Spinal fractures can occur in the thoracic vertebrae, most ...

Middle back pain occurs below the neck and above the bottom of the rib cage in an area called the thoracic spine. There are 12 back bones — the T1 to T12 vertebrae — located in this area.

There are seven cervical vertebrae (C1-C7), 12 thoracic vertebrae (T1-T12), and five lumbar vertebrae ... less flexible than the other areas. The fracture seen in Andrews’ case appears to ...

which is a measure of bone density used with CT scans cement leakage fracture of the thoracolumbar junction, which is between the 12th thoracic vertebra (T12) and the first lumbar vertebra (L1 ...

Thoracic ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (TOPLL) is a rare condition associated with ectopic bone formation in the thoracic spine ... angles for T1-T12 in sagittal plane ...

We recently treated a case of thoracic spine fracture in a patient with Parkinson's disease complicating a severely ankylosed spine, thus, firstly report the case and discuss the reasons for a ...