SOME ASPECTS OF PEDIATRIC SPINAL CORD INJURY
https://doi.org/10.14531/ss2005.4.15-19
Abstract
Objective. To analyse the possibility of diagnostics improvement in children with spinal cord injuries.
Material and Methods. The observations of 147 cases of various spinal cord injuries in children at the age of 11 months to 15 years have been analyzed. Causes of trauma, age peculiarities of spinal injury manifestations, and difficulties of clinical and radiological diagnostics are discussed.
Results. Most cases of spinal cord injury in children could be revealed and adequately managed at a prehospital stage. It should be noted that the spine lesion and MRI changes do not always accompany spinal cord injury in children. This observation must be taken into account while making diagnosis.
Conclusion. Electromyography is an important examination confirming spinal cord injury without radiographic abnormalities (SCIWORA syndrome) in children.
About the Authors
Igor Ivanovich Larkin
Omsk State Medical Academy
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Valery Ivanovich Larkin
City Children Clinical Hospital No.3, Omsk
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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For citations:
Larkin I.I., Larkin V.I. SOME ASPECTS OF PEDIATRIC SPINAL CORD INJURY. Russian Journal of Spine Surgery (Khirurgiya Pozvonochnika). 2005;(4):015-019. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.14531/ss2005.4.15-19
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