Effects of Perioperative Rehabilitation on Anterior Spinal Cord Syndrome after Cervical Hyperflexion Injury / 中国康复理论与实践

Objective To observe the effect of perioperative rehabilitation on anterior spinal cord syndrome caused by cervical hyper-flexion injury. Methods Sixty-nine inpatients with anterior spinal cord syndrome after cervical hyperflexion injury from January, 2012 to De-cember, 2014 were reviewed. 32 cases (group A) accepted systematic rehabilitations and other 37 cases (group B) did not. They were as-sessed with Japanese Orthopaedic Association (JOA) scores preoperatively and 1-year follow-up. Results All the patients succeeded in the operation. The JOA score improved more 1 year follow-up in group A than group B (t=2.538, P=0.044). Conclusion Systematic rehabilita-tion may work in the management of anterior spinal cord syndrome after cervical hyperflexion injury.

Cervical Fracture Dislocation Combined with Anterior Spinal Cord Syndrome: 32 Cases Report / 中国康复理论与实践

@#Objective To study the mechanism, pathology, diagnosis and manage strategy of cervical fracture dislocation combined with anterior spinal cord syndrome (ASCS). Methods 32 cases of cervical fracture dislocation combined with ASCS from January 2012 to September 2014 were summarized. The mechanisms of injury and pathological characteristics were analyzed. All of them received surgical treatment. Anterior approach or anterior approach combined with posterior approach was chosen according to the characteristics of injury. Results All surgical treatments were successfully performed. There were 22 cases (68.75%) with hyperflexion, 5 cases (15.62%) with vertical hit, 1 case (3.12%) with hyperextension and 4 cases (12.5%) with multiple reasons. There were 4 cases (12.5%) with simple anterior dislocation, 28 cases (87.5%) with fracture combined with anterior dislocation. Only 8 cases were successfully diagnosed as ASCS, and the others (24 cases) were generally defined as spinal cord injury. Conclusion ASCS is not so rare. Hyperflexion injury is the most common mechanism. Anterior dislocation and fracture combined with anterior dislocation are the general types of pathology. Conscientious physical examination with CT and MRI can facilitate the diagnosis. Anterior approach or combined with posterior approach could be selected according to injury mechanism.

Cervical Fracture Dislocation Combined with Anterior Spinal Cord Syndrome:32 Cases Report / 中国康复理论与实践

Objective To study the mechanism, pathology, diagnosis and manage strategy of cervical fracture dislocation combined with anterior spinal cord syndrome (ASCS). Methods 32 cases of cervical fracture dislocation combined with ASCS from January 2012 to Sep-tember 2014 were summarized. The mechanisms of injury and pathological characteristics were analyzed. All of them received surgical treat-ment. Anterior approach or anterior approach combined with posterior approach was chosen according to the characteristics of injury. Re-sults All surgical treatments were successfully performed. There were 22 cases (68.75%) with hyperflexion, 5 cases (15.62%) with vertical hit, 1 case (3.12%) with hyperextension and 4 cases (12.5%) with multiple reasons. There were 4 cases (12.5%) with simple anterior disloca-tion, 28 cases (87.5%) with fracture combined with anterior dislocation. Only 8 cases were successfully diagnosed as ASCS, and the others (24 cases) were generally defined as spinal cord injury. Conclusion ASCS is not so rare. Hyperflexion injury is the most common mecha-nism. Anterior dislocation and fracture combined with anterior dislocation are the general types of pathology. Conscientious physical exami-nation with CT and MRI can facilitate the diagnosis. Anterior approach or combined with posterior approach could be selected according to injury mechanism.

Anterior Spinal Cord Syndrome Following Eidural Block

This article report the case of a woman who developed an anterior spinal cord syndrome following epidural block. 10ml of 0.125% bupivacaine and 40mg of triamcinolone were injected epidurally for relief of back pain and radiating pain along the posterolateral aspect of right leg. Within 2 hours, the patient complained of weakness and severe pain in both lower extremities and rapidly became paraplegia. Myelography showed no obstruction and compression. Gd-enhanced sagittal and axial image of thoracic spine shows somewhat inhimogenous at the level of T9 on MRI. The paraplegia was permanent in the left leg and the right leg was slightly improved but grade I. We note a number of potential etiologies and analyze their possible mechanism of action.