Open AccessFirst aid and treatment for cervical spinal cord injury with fracture and dislocation
Author(s) -
W Yisheng,
Fu-ying Zhai,
Limin Wang,
Junwei Li,
PI Guofu,
Weidong Wang
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
indian journal of orthopaedics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.434
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1998-3727
pISSN - 0019-5413
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5413.36991
Subject(s) - medicine , spinal cord injury , surgery , spinal cord , spinal canal stenosis , spinal stenosis , spinal cord compression , spinal canal , cervical fracture , cord , cervical spine , reduction (mathematics) , cervical spine injury , anesthesia , geometry , mathematics , psychiatry , lumbar
Traumatic cervical spinal cord injury with subaxial fracture and dislocation not only indicates a highly unstable spine but can also induce life-threatening complications. This makes first aid critically important before any definitive operative procedure is undertaken. The present study analyzes the various first aid measures and operative procedures for such injury.