BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to characterize cervical cord, root, and bony spine claims in the American Society of Anesthesiologists Closed Claims database to formulate hypotheses regarding mechanisms of injury. METHODS All general anesthesia claims (1970-2007) in the Closed Claims database were searched to identify cervical injuries. Three independent teams, each consisting of an ane...

OBJECTIVE For improving the drawbacks of previous thoracolumbar spine trauma classification, the Spine Trauma Study Group was developed new classification, Thoracolumbar Injury Classification and Severity Score (TLICS). The simplicity of this scoring system makes it useful clinical application. However, considering criteria of Korean Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA), the us...

BACKGROUND Spinal cord injury (SCI) has a serious lifetime impact as well as obvious social and economic effects for both patients and society. The aim of this study was to collect recent information and analyze changes in the epidemiology of traumatic spinal injuries. METHODS Data included traumatic SCI (TSCI) patients admitted to the emergency department of Haydarpaşa Numune Training and Re...

STUDY DESIGN Prospective observational study. PURPOSE To assess the clinical outcome after early versus late decompression for traumatic cervical cord injury. OVERVIEW OF LITERATURE Traumatic spinal cord injury is common globally with the most tragic outcomes in the cervical spine. Although recent studies have shown that early decompression results in more favourable outcome, its authority ...

Isolated spinal cord injuries can rarely be found in patients with no traumatic radiological abnormalities of the spine. Stenoses of the medullary canal and degeneration of cervical spine are the predisposing factors. A case report of a 68-year-old patient is described, who developed quadriplegia with cardiac arrest due to isolated cervical spinal cord injury while jumping on a trampoline. Comp...

Cervical spine injury in pediatric trauma occurs rarely; however, there is significant potential for considerable morbidity when it does occur. Screening for cervical spine injuries has been shown to be most sensitive in adult trauma centers when combined with reliable physical examination findings. Because pediatric trauma patients suffer from a different range of injuries than adults, and oft...

We present the case of a 74 year-old male with delayed diagnosis of post-traumatic thoracic esophageal perforation that occurred secondary to thoracic vertebral fracture in an ankylosed spine. The injury resulted after a fall from chair secondary to an unconscious collapse due to Ventricular Fibrillation (VF). At 8 days after the injury, the patient was diagnosed with esophageal perforation, se...

The unique anatomy of the upper cervical spine and the typical mechanisms of injury yield a predictable variety of injury patterns. Traumatic ligamentous injuries of the atlanto-occipital joint and transverse atlantal ligament are relatively uncommon, have a poor prognosis for healing, and often respond best to surgical stabilization. Bony injuries, including occipital condyle fractures, atlas ...

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 ...