Clinical manifestations and significance of post-traumatic thoracolumbar syringomyelia / 中华创伤杂志(英文版)
Chinese Journal of Traumatology
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(6): 52-55, 2004.
Article
in English
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ABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To analyze the pathogenic mechanism and the clinical significance of post-traumatic thoracolumbar syringomyelia through reviewing the clinical manifestations.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>The data of 15 patients (14 males and 1 female, aged from 28 to 56 years, with an average of 36 years) with post-traumatic syringomyelia treated in our hospital from December 1997 to February 2002 were studied retrospectively. Two patients suffered from T11 fractures, 7 from T12 fractures and 6 from L1 fractures. There were 12 patients with burst fractures and 3 with fracture dislocations. Anterior decompression, bone graft, bone fusion and internal fixation were made on 6 patients, posterior decompression, bone graft, bone fusion and internal fixation on 1 patient, and non-surgical treatment on 8 patients.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Syringomyelia of the patients was diagnosed accurately with magnetic resonance imaging at 0.5-4 years after the original thoracolumbar fracture. The cavern was round in 6 cases, elliptic in 6 cases, and irregular in 3 cases. The patients also suffered from pain (80%), myodynamia attenuation in lower extremities (66.7%), aggravated spasm (46.7%), sensation loss or hypesthesia (46.7%), decreased coordinate function of lower extremities (20%) and autonomic nerve symptom (6.7%).</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>Post-traumatic thoracolumbar syringomyelia should be suspected if the patient has new neurological symptoms, such as myodynamia attenuation in lower extremities, after the neural function becomes stable for certain time.</p>
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Main subject:
Physiology
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Spinal Fusion
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General Surgery
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Syringomyelia
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Thoracic Vertebrae
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Wounds and Injuries
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Retrospective Studies
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Sampling Studies
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Etiology study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Chinese Journal of Traumatology
Year:
2004
Type:
Article
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