CLINICAL AND SUBCLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF UPPER CERVICAL SPINE TRAUMA PATIENTS

Nguyễn Viết Lực, Nguyễn Lê Bảo Tiến, Ngô Thanh Tú, Võ Văn Thanh

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Objective: To describe clinical and paraclinical features of upper cervical spine trauma patients. Methods: This is a descriptive, retrospective and prospective study of 31 patients. Results: All patients have neck pain (100%). The percentage of patients who restrict motive and neck spasms were 83.9% and 61.2%, respectively. The most physical finding of patients was motion paralysis and dysesthesia with the percentage were 67.7% and 35.5%, respectively. Before surgery, the average VAS: 5.42±1.4. The percentage of patients at preoperative time in AIS D and AIS E groups were 38.7% and 32.3%, respectively. And 61.3% was the percentage of C1-C2 injury. Conclusion: Clinical characteristic wasn’t clear, and neck pain was the most symptoms. The percentage of patients with neurological damage assessed according to the ASIA scale and it was mainly AIS D and AIS E. The most type of injury was C1-C2

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