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Spinal Trauma

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Spinal Trauma, Spinal Injury, Spinal Cord Trauma, Acute Spine Injury, Spinal Cord Injury

  • See Also
  1. Cervical Spine Injury
  2. Cervical Spine Fracture
  3. Cervical Spine Immobilization
  4. Pediatric Cervical Spine Injury
  5. Cervical Spine Imaging in Acute Traumatic Injury
  6. NEXUS Criteria
  7. Trauma Evaluation
  8. Vertebral Compression Fracture
  9. Spinal Cord Syndrome
  10. Spine Injured Patient
  • Epidemiology
  1. Incidence Spinal Cord Injury: 17,000 per year in U.S.
  • Precautions
  1. Early recognition of Spinal Cord Injury is critical to reducing morbidity and mortality
  • Causes
  1. Motor Vehicle Accidents
  2. Falls
  3. Sports Injury
  • Types
  1. Regions
    1. Cervical Spine Injury
    2. Thoracolumbar Injury
  2. Incomplete spinal cord injuries
    1. See Spinal Cord Syndrome
    2. Central Cord Syndrome
    3. Anterior Cord Syndrome
    4. Brown-Sequard Syndrome (Hemicord Syndrome)
  • Imaging
  1. Cervical Spine
    1. See Cervical Spine Imaging in Acute Traumatic Injury
    2. See Cervical Spine Injury
    3. See Cervical Spine Fracture
    4. See Subaxial Injury Classification Scale (SLIC)
  2. Thoracic and Lumbar Spine Imaging
    1. See Thoracolumbar Trauma
    2. See Thoracolumbar Facture
    3. See Thoracolumbar Injury Classification Scale (TLIC)
  • Management
  • Acute
  1. See Trauma Evaluation
  2. See Cervical Spine Injury
  3. See Pediatric Cervical Spine Injury
  4. See Cervical Spine Immobilization
  • Management
  • Chronic
  1. See Spine Injured Patient
  • References
  1. Rodriguez, Winger, Poulo and Glunk (2023) Crit Dec Emerg Med 37(3): 23-9