Inferior Articular Process Fracture in a Collegiate Athlete Causing Back Pain: A Case Report of Surgical Treatment. uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • CASE: A 20-year-old male athlete presented with 8 months of low back pain. Conservative management had been unsuccessful. He noted lumbar spine pain with extension, and imaging showed features of an L4-5 inferior articular facet tip fracture. The fragment was excised, he returned to college lacrosse and is without symptoms at the 9-month follow-up. CONCLUSION: In similar cases with facet fragments, we would recommend a full workup and attempt nonoperative therapy. If not improved and a diagnostic injection provides near-complete relief, then resection of the facet fragment can be discussed as a potentially effective and conservative surgical option.

publication date

  • April 19, 2021

Research

keywords

  • Fractures, Bone
  • Low Back Pain
  • Zygapophyseal Joint

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 85118933212

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.2106/JBJS.CC.20.00173

PubMed ID

  • 33979830

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 11

issue

  • 2