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Chalkstick fracture: A catastrophic injury
Author(s) -
Suryapratap Singh Tomar
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
asian journal of neurosurgery
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2248-9614
DOI - 10.4103/ajns.ajns_167_13
Subject(s) - medicine , spinal cord injury , surgery , spinal cord , cervical spine , shock (circulatory) , radiology , psychiatry
Cervical spine region is known as very prone for injury because it is great mobility. Hyperflexion or hyperextension may create life-threatening injury to ankylosed cervical spine vertebra and spinal cord. The posttrauma result can range from neurological damage to the death. We present a case of a 52-year-old male patient, came to the emergency department with a history of road traffic accident induced quadriplegia and shock. The final diagnosis was chalkstick fracture of spine with complete cord transaction.

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