Adrien Thomas May, Nicolas Bailly, Aurore Sellier, Valentin Avinens, Maxime Huneidi, Mikael Meyer, Lucas Troude, Pierre-Hugues Roche, Henry Dufour, Arnaud Dagain, Pierre-Jean Arnoux, Kaissar Farah, Stéphane Fuentes
PURPOSE: Each summer, many vacationers enjoy the Mediterranean Sea shores. Among the recreational nautical activities, motorboat cruise is a popular choice that leads to a significant number of thoracolumbar spine fractures at our clinic. This phenomenon seems to be underreported, and its injury mechanism remains unclear. Here, we aim to describe the fracture pattern and propose a possible mechanism of injury. METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed the clinical, radiological, and contextual parameters of all motorboat-related spinal fracture cases during a 14-year period (2006-2020) in three French neurosurgical level I centers bordering the Mediterranean Sea...
February 10, 2023: Journal of Clinical Medicine