Open AccessTrauma of the spine. Schanz (Orth. and Traum., 1928, vol. 5-6)
Author(s) -
N. Kiptenko
Publication year - 1928
Publication title -
kazanskij medicinskij žurnal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2587-9359
pISSN - 0368-4814
DOI - 10.17816/kazmj90845
Subject(s) - tube (container) , homogeneous , anatomy , medicine , physics , materials science , composite material , thermodynamics
In most cases of spinal injury there is a homogeneous disorder, the origin of which Schanz explains by comparing the spine to a tube filled with a viscous fluid. If an injury affects the wall of this tube, then, due to pressure, a wave is generated in its contents, spreading to both ends of the tube; if the height of this wave exceeds a certain value, the contents of the tube are injured; the tube itself is also damaged at the point where the rounded top of the wave touches it.