Spinal Cord Injures in Children Observed Over Many Years
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ID | 37838 |
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Yoshimura, Osamu
Takayanagi, Kiyomi
Kawaguchi, Kotaro
Takagi, Akiteru
Nishiki, Masayuki
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subject | Children
Spinal cord injury
Complication
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NDC |
Medical sciences
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abstract | The known salient features of spinal cord injuries in children are that 1) plane X-rays may not show dislocations or fractures, 2) many of these injuries are complete transections, 3) many injuries are located at the level of upper thoracic spine, and 4) the duration of spinal shock is short. Complications such as pressure sores occur just as easily in children as in adults and the injuries tend to be just as intractable. Complications characteristic in children with spinal cord injuries are spinal deformity and hip dislocation.
In this paper, we describe a case involving a C7 spinal cord injury caused by a fall when the patient was 3 years old. We have observed the physical complications for 15 years following that injury. We also report on other obserbed cases of spinal cord injury. |
journal title |
Hiroshima Journal of Medical Sciences
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volume | Volume 45
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issue | Issue 1
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start page | 37
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end page | 41
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date of issued | 1996-03
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publisher | Hiroshima University Medical Press
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issn | 0018-2052
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language |
eng
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nii type |
Departmental Bulletin Paper
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HU type |
Departmental Bulletin Papers
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DCMI type | text
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format | application/pdf
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text version | publisher
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department |
Graduate School of Health Science
Graduate School of Biomedical Science
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