Affiliation:
1. West Herts Hospital, Hemel Hempstead
Abstract
1. The clinical and post-mortem findings are described of a patient who sustained a hyperextension injury of the neck with paraplegia. 2. There was no radiological evidence of fracture: osteoarthritis of the spine was present. 3. Evidence is presented that the cord was damaged from behind by the lamina of the vertebra below a tear in the anterior longitudinal ligament.
Publisher
British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery
Subject
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine,Surgery
Cited by
16 articles.
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