bilateral vocal cord paralysis is a rare and preventable complication of anterior cervical discectomy and fusion. herein, we report a fatal case of bilateral vocal cord paralysis after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (acd/f). a 65-year-old man with cervical spine trauma and anterior cord syndrome, following car overturn presented to our emergency department. the patient had c6-t10 prola...

Objective: To report on the outcomes of a child suffering with asthma, chronic colds and respiratory issues undergoing subluxation based chiropractic care. Clinical Features: A two-year-old male suffering from asthma, chronic colds, and respiratory issues since birth was presented by his mother for chiropractic evaluation and possible care. At the time of initial examination the patient was tak...

RATIONALE Traumatic C1-2 dislocation associated with contiguous or noncontiguous cervical spine injury is rare. Moreover, there have been no reports describing traumatic C1-2 dislocation associated with multiple contiguous and noncontiguous cervical injuries. PATIENT CONCERNS The authors present a case of a 20-year-old male with painful limitation of motion of the neck. This complex cervical ...

background: the global status report of the world health organization (who) on road safety suggested that india is leading in road traffi c accidents in the world. according to the report on road accidents in india in 2010 by the transport research wing, ministry of road transport and highways, new delhi, kerala ranked third in accidents per lakh population and second in persons injured per lak...

Background: Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is the most common chronic rheumatic disease in children. In contrast to adult rheumatoid arthritis, where numerous studies have shown a high prevalence of involvement cervical spine, few been published examining this entity JIA. Objectives: We aimed analyze clinical and radiological findings spine patients with Methods: A retrospective study incl...

The cervical spine was examined with MR imaging and conventional radiography in 23 patients with severe rheumatoid arthritis. All patients had neck pain and 17 also had neurologic symptoms. MR provided detailed information about soft-tissue lesions, vertebral dislocation, and narrowing of the spinal canal. Pannus surrounding the odontoid process was revealed in 14 patients, all with horizontal ...

The authors report a new case of spine tuberculosis of C1-C2 occurred in a 58-year-old negative HIV patient that was responsible of inflammatory cervical pain with multidirectional stiffness and complicated by spastic quadriplegia. The diagnosis was made on the basis of presumptive elements, including cervical spinal CT scan, which showed atlanto-axial subluxation (C1-C2) with destruction of th...

Cervical halter traction has been a method of gentle traction used in home care settings for selected patients with cervical radiculopathy. An active management program with cervical halter traction was initiated for patients with cervical spine injury admitted to Choma General Hospital in Zambia during the years 2000–2009. The surgical consultant on call was available to assist with early radi...