Spinal injuries resulting from falls out of tree stands are often associated with concomitant neurologic deficit, prolonged hospitalization, and long-term disability. The purpose of this study was to review the types of spinal injuries that resulted from falls from hunting tree stands. We retrospectively reviewed 27 patients who came to our institution for treatment of spine injuries related to...

Cross-sectional spinal canal area was measured before and after surgery in 12 patients with thoracolumbar burst fractures and canal narrowing caused by retropulsed fragments. Patients were classified into Denis type A or type B. Denis type A fractures have comminution of both end-plates of the vertebral body creating multiple smaller fractures; Denis type B fractures have comminution of the sup...

OBJECTIVE The objective of our study was to assess the diagnostic performance of a standardized 4-MDCT trauma protocol for the evaluation of the thoracic and lumbar spine in patients with multiple injuries. MATERIALS AND METHODS Eighty-two patients with multiple injuries underwent MDCT for the chest and abdomen using a standardized 4-MDCT trauma protocol (collimation, 4 x 2.5 mm). Secondary r...

Introduction The epidemiology of traumatic spinal fractures in children was not well described in the developing world. Our objective was to describe the causes and mechanism of pediatric spinal injuries, the frequency of spinal cord injury, and their outcome in the pediatric population. This has significant implications for allocation of public health resources and development of prevention pr...

Thirty-seven patients with thoracic and lumbar spine fractures were treated with Harrington rod instrumentation (HRI), and the progress and results of that surgery were monitored with intraoperative spinal sonography (IOSS). Adequate neural tissue decompression and spinal column alignment was achieved in less than one-half (14/31, 45%) of the patients in whom HRI was performed as the first step...

BACKGROUND Multiple fractures of the atlas and axis are rare. The management of multiple fragment axis fractures and unstable atlas fractures is still challenging for the spinal surgeon. There are no published reports of similar fractures with 3-part fracture of axis associated with an unstable atlas fracture. CASE SUMMARY We present a patient with concurrent axis and atlas fractures, which h...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to analyze the nature and cause of spinal disabilities among military and civil aircrew in India. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Studies suggest that military aircrew may be more prone than nonaviators to develop spinal disabilities. An in-depth analysis of such disabilities can enable policy makers to develop data-driven preventive health programs. Extensi...

Vertebroplasty, a surgical procedure developed by Galibert and Deramond in 1987, involves the injection of bone cement into a collapsed vertebral body. The main indications of vertebroplasty have been extended to painful osteoporotic compression fractures, vertebral myelomas, and metastases and so on. Several previous studies have evaluated the radiological changes in vertebral body height, kyp...

STUDY DESIGN A retrospective case series of UK victims of blast injury. OBJECTIVE To identify the injury patterns in the spine caused by under-vehicle blast, and attempt to derive the mechanism of those injuries. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA The Improvised Explosive Device has been a feature of recent conflicts with frequent attacks on vehicles, leading to devastating injuries. Vehicle design...