BACKGROUND Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is the leading cause of death in all age group. The incidence of CSI increases with the severity of TBI so prompt care of cervical spine is necessary in all patients with moderate to severe head injury. The objective of this study was to determine the frequency of cervical injury in patients with moderate to severe head injury and different types of traum...

OBJECTIVE Intraspinal microstimulation (ISMS) is a promising method for reanimating paralyzed limbs following neurological injury. ISMS within the cervical and lumbar spinal cord is capable of evoking a variety of highly-functional movements prior to injury, but the ability of ISMS to evoke forelimb movements after cervical spinal cord injury is unknown. Here we examine the forelimb movements a...

INTRODUCTION In preorthodontic children with Class II malocclusion and horizontal maxillary overjet, cervical column morphology was examined and related to craniofacial morphology and head posture for the first time. METHODS Two hundred thirteen children (aged 7-15 years) with a horizontal maxillary overjet of more than 6 mm were divided into 2 groups of skeletal and dentoalveolar overjets. T...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The National Emergency X-Radiography Utilization Study Low-Risk Criteria were established to identify patients with a low probability of cervical spine injury in whom imaging of the cervical spine was unnecessary. The purpose of this study was to ascertain the number of unnecessary cervical spine CT studies on the basis of proper application of established clinical guidel...

The Halifax interlaminar clamp is designed for posterior fixation of the cervical column. This technique has the advantages of being fast, safe, light and RM compatible. However the procedure is not useful when the laminae are fractured, not preventing either hyperextension or cervical rotation. We present our experience with the use of this technique in twelve patients who underwent posterior ...

STUDY DESIGN A retrospective cohort. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to characterize spinal fractures in patients with ankylosing spondylitis. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Patients with ankylosing spondylitis are susceptible to fractures of the spinal column, even from minor trauma. However, the literature describing patients with ankylosing spondylitis and spinal fractures consists large...

STUDY DESIGN Seven adult human cadaveric cervical spines (C2-T1) were biomechanically tested in a programmable testing device. OBJECTIVE Compare the effects of incremental single-level fusion at different levels of the cervical spine. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Clinical studies have reported degenerative symptomatic disc disease at disc levels adjacent to fusion. No known study has attempte...

Although considerable biomechanical investigations have been conducted to understand the response of the cervical spine under whiplash (rear impact-induced postero-anterior loading to the thorax), studies delineating the effects of initial spinal curvature are limited. This study advanced the hypothesis that abnormal curvatures (straight or kyphotic) of the cervical column affect spinal kinemat...