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At the preoperative period, the fracture of the 4th thoracic vertebra has been seen.
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The patient's radiographs and tomography, nondisplaced right radius distal end fracture, right glenoid fracture, and thoracic 4th vertebra fracture were present (Fig. 1). According to the MRI scan, there was no height loss in the vertebrae T2, T3, T5, T6, but severe bone edema was due to trauma (Fig. 1).
On the 2nd postoperative day, the patient's direct radiography has taken (A). One of the screws that were sent to T3 was long (Arrow) (B).
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On the 2nd postoperative day, X-rays were taken for the patient who had no problem in the postoperative period (Fig. 2).
At the axial tomography imaging, it has been seen that the screw that was delivered from the left pedicle of the vertebra T3 projected from the anterior cortex of the vertebra and passed through the medial of the esophagus and pushed the esophagus (yellow arrow: trachea, green arrowhead: long screw, blue arrow: esophagus).
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In the tomography scan, it was seen that the screw was delivered from the left pedicle of the vertebra T3 projected from the anterior cortex of the vertebra and passed through the medial of the esophagus and pushed the esophagus (Fig. 3).