Cervical Spinal Cord Injury Without Damage to Vertebrae

Abstract

Of about one hundred patients of cervical spinal cord injury experienced in our hospital since 1960 forth-three were out of damage to the vertebrae.
All patients except for nine in whom anterior fusion of the spines were performed were treated conservatively.
Three patients died of acute abdomen, insufficiency of respiration and hyperpyrexia, respectively.
According to ages, eliologies of injury, X-ray findings, activities of daily livings and results of operations our materials were studied.