Immediate Closed Reduction Technique for Cervical Spine Dislocations
Asian Spine Journal
; : 835-841, 2023.
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Methods@#For closed reduction, the patient’s head was elevated on a motorized bed, the cervical spine was placed at the midline, traction of 10 kg was applied, the motorized bed was gradually returned to a flat position, the head was lifted off the bed, and the cervical spine was slowly adjusted to a flexed position. The weight of traction was elevated by 5-kg increments until the positional shift was attained. Subsequently, the bed was gradually tilted while traction was applied again to return the cervical spine to the midline position. @*Results@#Of the 43 cases of cervical spine dislocation, closed reduction was carried out in 40 cases, of which 36 were successful. During repositioning, three patients experienced a temporary worsening of their neck pain and neurological symptoms that enhanced when the cervical spine was flexed. Closed reduction was conducted while the patient was awake; nevertheless, sedation was needed in three cases. Among the 24 patients whose pretreatment paralysis had been characterized by American Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale (AIS) grades A–C, seven patients (29.2%) demonstrated an enhancement of two or more AIS grades at the last observation. @*Conclusions@#Our closed reduction approach safely repaired traumatic cervical spine dislocations.
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