Traumatic Death due to Simultaneous Double Spine Fractures in Patient with Ankylosing Spondylitis

Table 1

Case review of simultaneous spine fractures in patient with AS.

	Onset	AGE	SEX	Site	ASIA	Treatment	Prognosis
Present study	Fell in the bathtub	82	M	C6/C7; L1	A	Conservative, steroids and Halo traction	Died by pulmonary failure
Osgood et al.	Automobile accident	65	M	C7/T1; T9/T10	B	Conservative, steroids and Halo traction	Died by pulmonary failure
Samartzis et al.	Fell in the bathtub	81	M	C6/C7; T11/T12; L2/L3	A	PSF C3-T3, T11-L5 and Halo traction	Died by pneumonia