Cervical sagittal spinal canal size in spine injury

Frank J. Eismont; Stephen Clifford; Myron Goldberg; Barth Green

doi:10.1097/00007632-198410000-00001

Cervical sagittal spinal canal size in spine injury

Frank J. Eismont, Stephen Clifford, Myron Goldberg, Barth Green

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Abstract

This study investigated the relationship between cervical spine sagittal canal diameter and neurologic injury in cases of spinal fracture-dislocation. A group of 98 patients with such injuries was reviewed; 45 had no neurologic deficits, 39 had incomplete quadriplegia, and 14 had complete quadriplegia. Spinal canal sagittal diameter was measured in all, and large diameter and small canals were defined. Small diameter canals were correlated significantly with neurologic injury, while large diameter canals allowed protection from neurologic injury in cervical fracture dislocation.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	663-666
Number of pages	4
Journal	SPINE
Volume	9
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/00007632-198410000-00001
State	Published - Oct 1984

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Keywords

Cervical spine
Fracture dislocation
Neurologic injury
Sagittal canal diameter

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
Clinical Neurology

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Eismont, F. J., Clifford, S., Goldberg, M., & Green, B. (1984). Cervical sagittal spinal canal size in spine injury. SPINE, 9(7), 663-666. https://doi.org/10.1097/00007632-198410000-00001

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