2009
DOI: 10.1159/000226429
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Abstract: Background/Aims: Little is known about the risk factors of neurological deficiency after blunt cervical fracture. This study was performed to identify factors predicting neurological deficiency after blunt cervical fracture. Methods: Within our Level I Trauma Center, we performed a retrospective case-control study. Patients with a cervical fracture after blunt trauma between January 2000 and December 2005 were identified. In total, 76 patients sustained a cervical fracture and survived 1 year after trauma. All… Show more

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“…Both cervical and thoracolumbar injuries were reported; however, among cervical injuries, those at C5 and below formed the majority, and all lumbar injuries were at the L1 level. This is roughly consistent with the most common levels of SCI described in the literature …”
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confidence: 91%
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“…Both cervical and thoracolumbar injuries were reported; however, among cervical injuries, those at C5 and below formed the majority, and all lumbar injuries were at the L1 level. This is roughly consistent with the most common levels of SCI described in the literature …”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 91%
“…Most trauma patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) have no injuries to their spines. The best‐studied subset, cervical spine (C‐spine) fractures, occur in less than 4% of ED blunt trauma patients; fractures compromising the spinal cord are even more rare, with a prevalence ranging from 3% to 54% in various heterogeneous populations . Although most neurologic compromise due to spinal cord injury (SCI) will occur at the time of injury due to direct mechanical trauma, as many as 10% of deficits may develop secondarily in the hours, days, or weeks following the primary event …”
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confidence: 99%