Case Report: Complete Vertebral Fracture/Dislocation of the Cervical Spine with Minimal Neurologic Deficit
- 1 February 1996
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma
- Vol. 10 (2) , 123-127
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00005131-199602000-00009
Abstract
Cervical spine fracture/dislocations without neurologic compromise are rare. We report the case of a complete fracture/dislocation from C-5 to C-6 with neurologic sparing and discuss the biomechanical pathogenesis and treatment of this injury.Keywords
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