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Cervical Traumatic Disc Prolapse

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M38, RH, with background of Depression, hypertension, ETOH excess, fell from a flight of stairs whilst intoxicated and developed neck pain with numbness and flaccid weakness of his limbs, o/e sensory level at C6, LL power 0/5, elbow flexion /extension 3/5 and O/5 distal UL power, retained bladder catheter sensation

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Abbreviations

ACDF:

Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion

C spine:

Cervical spine

C6/7:

Sixth and seventh cervical vertebrae

EtoH:

Alcohol

r/o:

Rule out

SLIC:

Sub-axial spine injury classification

Evidence

SLIC

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  1. King’s College Hospital, London, UK

    Christos M. Tolias, Anastasios Giamouriadis & Prajwal Ghimire

  2. St George’s Hospital, London, UK

    Florence Rosie Avila Hogg

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Tolias, C.M., Giamouriadis, A., Hogg, F.R.A., Ghimire, P. (2019). Cervical Traumatic Disc Prolapse. In: Neurosurgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98234-2_10

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