A case of missed unstable cervical injury during the COVID-19 pandemic

This case report discusses a patient with a significant, unstable, three-column injury of the cervical spine, which was not initially detected and was subsequently found on reassessment at 2 weeks post injury. The report discusses the imaging findings and the subsequent management of the injury. The...

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Autores principales: Archer, James E, Gardner, Adrian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7482958/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32939243
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjaa293
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description This case report discusses a patient with a significant, unstable, three-column injury of the cervical spine, which was not initially detected and was subsequently found on reassessment at 2 weeks post injury. The report discusses the imaging findings and the subsequent management of the injury. The report highlights the need for an individualized assessment of each presentation, taking into account the circumstances of injury and any pre-existing degenerative change in the spine.
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spelling pubmed-74829582020-09-15 A case of missed unstable cervical injury during the COVID-19 pandemic Archer, James E Gardner, Adrian J Surg Case Rep Case Report This case report discusses a patient with a significant, unstable, three-column injury of the cervical spine, which was not initially detected and was subsequently found on reassessment at 2 weeks post injury. The report discusses the imaging findings and the subsequent management of the injury. The report highlights the need for an individualized assessment of each presentation, taking into account the circumstances of injury and any pre-existing degenerative change in the spine. Oxford University Press 2020-09-10 /pmc/articles/PMC7482958/ /pubmed/32939243 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjaa293 Text en Published by Oxford University Press and JSCR Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. © The Author(s) 2020. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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