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THE IMMEDIATE AND REMOTE EFFECTS OF MINOR LESIONS OF THE CERVICAL PORTION OF THE SPINAL CORD FOLLOWING HEAD INJURY
Author(s) -
ALLEN I. M.
Publication year - 1940
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1940.tb03555.x
Subject(s) - medicine , spinal cord injury , spinal cord , cervical spine , cervical fracture , surgery , cord , psychiatry
Summary1 The effect of head injury upon the cervical portion of the spinal cord has been studied in thirteen cases. 2 Pour cases of moderate injury to the cervical portion of the spinal cord with fracture‐dislocation of the spine, six cases of minor injury to the cervical portion of the spinal cord without fracture‐dislocation of the spine, and three cases illustrating the remote effects of such injury are described in detail. 3 The clinical features of the immediate and remote effects of injury to the cervical portion of the spinal cord following head injury are described. 4 The value of careful examination of the tendon reflexes of the upper limbs in the diagnosis of these cases, when they might otherwise be overlooked, has been confirmed. 5 On the evidence available it seems that disease of the spinal cord which has followed injury, may be actually a remote effect of injury simulating disease.