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If this occurs, it is due to detachment of the pedicles from the corresponding vertebral body, resulting in spontaneous decompression of neural elements.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>Herein, the authors describe a case of undetected traumatic double-level spondyloptosis in the upper thoracic region in an adult male patient who was neurologically intact for 2 days but later became paraplegic. Initially, management of this pathology seemed a very challenging scenario. However, with review of the reconstructed CT images and reproduction of the injury on a plastic model, a posterior-only approach was chosen as an alternative operative solution for this catastrophic injury. Via this single-stage posterior approach, long-segment pedicle screw\/rod instrumentation resulted in successful reduction, restoration of alignment, and stabilization after 1-level posterior spondylectomy.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>To the best of the authors\u2019 knowledge, this is the first example reported in the literature of double-level spondyloptosis of the thoracic and the lumbar spine. This report describes the rationale, mechanism, and technical details afforded for reduction and stabilization of this rare injury.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3171\/2015.3.spine14183","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2015,8,21]],"date-time":"2015-08-21T10:02:37Z","timestamp":1440151357000},"page":"715-720","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":17,"title":["Management of traumatic double-level spondyloptosis of the thoracic spine with posterior spondylectomy: case report"],"prefix":"10.3171","volume":"23","author":[{"given":"Abolfazl","family":"Rahimizadeh","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, Pars Advanced & Minimally Invasive Manners Research Center, Pars Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; and"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ava","family":"Rahimizadeh","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Birmingham, United Kingdom"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1754","reference":[{"key":"b1-spine14183","series-title":"J Trauma","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"393","DOI":"10.1097\/01.TA.0000073998.94089.D1","article-title":"Traumatic retrolisthesis of the L4 vertebra","volume":"58","author":"Ahmed","year":"2005"},{"key":"b2-spine14183","series-title":"Can J Surg","first-page":"131","article-title":"Surgical technique. 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