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Unstable Cervical Spine Fractures
“If thou examinest a man having a dislocation in a vertebra of his neck, shouldst thou find him unconscious of his two arms and his two legs on account of it, while his phallus is erected on account of it, and his urine drops from his member without his knowing it; His flesh has received wind; his two eyes are bloodshot; It is a dislocation of a vertebra of his neck.”
—The Edwin Surgical Papyrus
Vertebrae:
3 Vertebral Columns:
Flexion Injury:
Extension Injury:
C1:
C2:
References:
- http://www.radiologyassistant.nl/en/p49021535146c5/spine-cervical-injury.html
- http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/824380
- Tintanelli’s emergency medicine chapter 255: spinal cord injuries
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Jay Khadpe MD
Editor in Chief of "The Original Kings of County"
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Assistant Residency Director
SUNY Downstate / Kings County Hospital
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