DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF SPINAL CORD CONCUSSION AND CONTUSION WITHOUT MRI CHANGES IN CHILDREN
https://doi.org/10.14531/ss2008.2.48-52
Abstract
Objective. To prove a significance of a diagnostic table for effective diagnosis and evaluation of spinal cord injury in children.
Material and Methods. Retrospective analysis of 191 case records of children with spinal cord injury without the evidence of hemorrhage or compression was performed. Specific clinical manifestations were analyzed using Wald’s statistical sequential analysis with calculation of diagnostic factor informative value in accordance with A. Kulback.
Results. Diagnostic value of clinical signs was calculated on the basis of statistically analyzed data of initial examination. The analyzed incidence of clinical signs became the ground for diagnostic table used for differential diagnosis of spinal cord injury in children.
Conclusion. Functional outcome of the spinal cord contusion in children can be good; and application of the suggested diagnostic table improves the quality of spinal cord injury diagnosis.
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For citations:
Lar’Kin I.I. DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF SPINAL CORD CONCUSSION AND CONTUSION WITHOUT MRI CHANGES IN CHILDREN. Russian Journal of Spine Surgery (Khirurgiya Pozvonochnika). 2008;(2):048-052. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.14531/ss2008.2.48-52
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