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Spinal injuries in children

Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 2004
Traumatic spinal injury (TSI) is an uncommon source of morbidity and mortality in children. The aim of this study was to describe childhood TSI in a single level 1 urban pediatric trauma center.The authors retrospectively analyzed all children younger than 14 years with TSI, treated at a level I pediatric trauma center between 1991 and 2002 (n = 406, 4%
Bayram, Cirak   +5 more
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Spinal Cord Injury

Neurologic Clinics, 1991
The evaluation and treatment of spinal cord injury continues to evolve, enhanced by new imaging modalities. Their application in reference to the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine is discussed. Treatment options, both conservative and surgical, are outlined.
P R, Meyer   +3 more
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Injuries of the Spinal Column

Archives of Surgery, 1957
The commonest mechanisms of injury in the cervical region are automobile accidents, in which there is rapid deceleration with forced flexion of the head; falls on the head, such as diving into too shallow water; whiplash injuries, and direct blows.
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Spinal cord injury

BMJ, 2010
Lifelong physiotherapy and pain control after accidental tetraplegia are augmented by various aids to mobility and an assistance dog, so that quality of life remains 90 ...
Peter, Sonksen, Stephen, Hillier
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Spinal Cord Injury

Nursing Clinics of North America, 1990
The successful outcome of providing care to the individual with a spinal cord injury is to enable the patient to live as satisfactory and fulfilling a life as possible. How this is achieved will be different with each individual and family depending on the degree of disability, the family and social environment, and preferred life-styles.
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Acute Spinal Injury

New England Journal of Medicine, 1996
The goal of management of injury of the spinal cord or cauda equina is, if possible, to reduce the resultant neurologic deficit and prevent any additional loss of neurologic function. In a patient with a suspected bony injury of the spine, the spine must be immobilized to prevent neural injury, and the anatomy of the injury must be analyzed as a first ...
B W, Chiles, P R, Cooper
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Spinal injury in sport

European Journal of Radiology, 2007
Spinal injuries are very common among professional or amateur athletes. Spinal sport lesions can be classified in overuse and acute injuries. Overuse injuries can be found after years of repetitive spinal load during sport activity; however specific overuse injuries can also be found in adolescents. Acute traumas are common in contact sports.
BARILE, ANTONIO   +4 more
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Spinal injuries in children

Injury, 1990
We reviewed 47 children with spinal injuries. Three distinct patterns of injury were observed: subluxations and dislocations without a fracture (type 1), spinal cord injury without radiographic abnormality (type 2), and spinal fractures which may be associated with subluxation or dislocation (type 3).
S, Govender, R W, Charles, M N, Rasool
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Injuries of the Spinal Cord

Archives of Surgery, 1957
Potential spinal cord injury must be recognized at the scene of injury, and the patient moved in such a manner that the spine remains immobilized, if the possibility of converting a simple fracture into a permanent para- or quadriplegia is to be avoided. Traction and immobilization must be constant; and once the diagnosis is made, the patient should be
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Spinal Cord Injury

2015
Spinal cord injury represents a great health and economic burden for patients and society, and a major challenge for both the physician and the researcher. Following a lesion, a series of anatomopathological changes (glial scar formation, neuroinflammatory reactions, and cell death) occurs, associated with the poor capability of the adult CNS to ...
VERCELLI, Alessandro   +1 more
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