Virtually any A&E department in the UK may see aircrew who have ejected. The case histories of two pilots who ejected and sustained spinal fractures are presented. Both had minimal back symptoms and walked from the site of landing. All ejectees should be considered to have a spinal fracture until proven otherwise radiographically. Other injuries that these patients may sustain during ejection a...

Two randomised placebo-controlled trials show the importance of establishing the efficacy of procedures before adopting them into clinical practice.

Facial fractures may be associated with concomitant lesions of other parts of body with some of these injuries being life-threatening. This retrospective study reports the types of associated injury and the factors influencing their occurrence, in patients with facial fractures. In 18.2% of 604 patients, one associated injury at least was recorded. The most common associated injury was cranial ...

Compression fractures are the most common vertebral fractures. They involve the anterior column of the spine, and are considered stable fractures due to the presence of intact posterior ligaments that aid in resisting further collapse and deformity. They are thus often managed conservatively. We describe a series of 3 cases that were initially diagnosed as compression fractures and managed cons...

Introduction: Radiographic study plays an important role in diagnosis of acute vertebral injuries and helps proper management those patients. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the modality choice for evaluation ligamentous other soft tissue structures, disc, spinal cord occult osseous injuries. Due to high cost, it necessary detect best use this technique thoracolumbar The purpose was evaluat...

INTRODUCTION: The management of lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) represents a significant cost to the healthcare system resulting from the functional limitations and diminished quality of life in patients. Calcitonin is presently indicated for the treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis, Paget's disease, spine pain related to vertebral compression fractures, and spinal metastases. In spinal stenos...

Percutaneous vertebroplasty is a minimally invasive surgical technique for the treatment of spinal damage and pathological compression fractures. Iodine-125 (I-125) particles can inhibit the uncontrolled proliferation of tumor cells to achieve anti-tumor effects. We report treating a spinal cord compression and T5 metastatic lung cancer patient through percutaneous vertebroplast...

Objective The incidence of thoracolumbar fractures is increasing in modern society concomitantly with population aging. role percutaneous vertebroplasty as a possible treatment option for remains unclear. Methods In this study, we retrospectively reviewed clinical and radiological factors, including sex, age, bone mineral density, mechanisms injury, fracture levels, the Magerl classification 10...

BACKGROUND CONTEXT To evaluate the effect of critical time periods in vehicle protection on spine injuries in the Global War on Terror. PURPOSE To characterize the effect of method of movement on and around the battlefield during Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom from 2001 to 2009 in terms of its impact on the incidence and severity of spinal fractures sustained in combat...