Cryotherapy: a Non-Surgical Management Option for Severe, Medically Refractory Spasms after Spinal Cord Injury: Two Case Reports

Traumatic spinal cord injury currently affects approximately 285,000 persons in the United States and carries with it significant morbidity and cost. Early management focuses on adequate ventilation and hemodynamic resuscitation of the patient and limiting motion of the spine to prevent a second injury. Medical management targets maintenance of adequate blood flow to the spinal cord, whereas surgical management focuses on decompression, realignment, and stabilization of the vertebral column. In this chapter, we discuss the approach to the patient with traumatic spinal cord injury, injury types, and medical and surgical management. This review contains 9 figures, 4 tables and 30 references Key Words: American Spinal Injury Association score, burst fracture, Chance fracture, compression fracture, hangman, mean arterial pressure therapy, odontoid fracture, spinal cord injury, traction

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Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury

10.2310/7ccsp.2402 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Ryan Martin ◽

Lara Zimmermann ◽

Kee D. Kim ◽

Marike Zwienenberg ◽

Kiarash Shahlaie

Keyword(s):

Spinal Cord ◽

Spinal Cord Injury ◽

Surgical Management ◽

Burst Fracture ◽

Compression Fracture ◽

The United States ◽

Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury ◽

Early Management ◽

Pressure Therapy ◽

Cord Injury

Traumatic spinal cord injury currently affects approximately 285,000 persons in the United States and carries with it significant morbidity and cost. Early management focuses on adequate ventilation and hemodynamic resuscitation of the patient and limiting motion of the spine to prevent a second injury. Medical management targets maintenance of adequate blood flow to the spinal cord, whereas surgical management focuses on decompression, realignment, and stabilization of the vertebral column. In this chapter, we discuss the approach to the patient with traumatic spinal cord injury, injury types, and medical and surgical management. This review contains 9 figures, 4 tables and 30 references Key Words: American Spinal Injury Association score, burst fracture, Chance fracture, compression fracture, hangman, mean arterial pressure therapy, odontoid fracture, spinal cord injury, traction

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Solifenacin-induced acute urticaria and angioedema: a rare adverse effect

Postgraduate Medical Journal ◽

10.1136/postgradmedj-2020-138375 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. postgradmedj-2020-138375

Author(s):

Umer Younas ◽

Omar Shafiq ◽

Sahibzada Nasir Mansoor ◽

Muhammad Tawab Khalil

Keyword(s):

Adverse Effect ◽

Spinal Cord ◽

Spinal Cord Injury ◽

Complete Resolution ◽

Case Reports ◽

Temporal Association ◽

First Line ◽

Drug Induced ◽

Acute Urticaria ◽

Cord Injury

Antimuscarinics are first-line medication for management of overactive bladder with solifenacin being commonly prescribed. Angioedema is the swelling of mucosa and submucosal tissue. There are no published case reports of drug-induced angioedema involving solifenacin. We report a case of a 41-year-old man with spinal cord injury who presented with oedema of face, lips, tongue and associated pruritic urticaria after taking 5 mg of solifenacin. All other possible causes including food allergy, insect bite, hereditary angioedema, use of NSAIDs, ACE inhibitors and antibiotics were ruled out. The temporal association between solifenacin and angioedema and complete resolution of symptoms after discontinuing the drug suggest that solifenacin was the most probable cause of angioedema in our patient.

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Trends in Surgical Management for Type II Odontoid Fracture: 20 Years of Experience at a Regional Spinal Cord Injury Center

Orthopedics ◽

10.3928/01477447-20110505-16 ◽

2011 ◽

Author(s):

Harvey E. Smith ◽

Alexander R. Vaccaro ◽

Mitchell Maltenfort ◽

Todd J. Albert ◽

Alan S. Hilibrand ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Spinal Cord ◽

Spinal Cord Injury ◽

Surgical Management ◽

Odontoid Fracture ◽

Type Ii ◽

Years Of Experience ◽

Cord Injury

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Process Benchmarking Appraisal of Surgical Decompression of Spinal Cord following Traumatic Cervical Spinal Cord Injury: Opportunities To Reduce Delays in Surgical Management

Journal of Neurotrauma ◽

10.1089/neu.2012.2539 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 30 (6) ◽

pp. 487-491 ◽

Cited By ~ 28

Author(s):

Julio C. Furlan ◽

Kayee Tung ◽

Michael G. Fehlings

Keyword(s):

Spinal Cord ◽

Spinal Cord Injury ◽

Surgical Management ◽

Cervical Spinal Cord ◽

Surgical Decompression ◽

Cervical Spinal Cord Injury ◽

Cord Injury

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Attempted suicide and completed suicide in traumatic spinal cord injury. Case reports

Spinal Cord ◽

10.1038/sc.1996.138 ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 34 (12) ◽

pp. 752-753 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

E C Harris ◽

B M Barraclough ◽

D J Grundy ◽

E S Bamford ◽

H M Inskip

Keyword(s):

Spinal Cord ◽

Spinal Cord Injury ◽

Attempted Suicide ◽

Case Reports ◽

Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury ◽

Completed Suicide ◽

Cord Injury

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Ischiospinal Dysostosis in a Child with Pierre-Robin Syndrome

Case Reports in Orthopedics ◽

10.1155/2017/8263536 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 2017 ◽

pp. 1-5 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Mahmoud Almasri ◽

Waleed Kishta ◽

Fahad H. Abduljabbar ◽

Vincent Arlet ◽

Neil Saran ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Spinal Cord ◽

Spinal Cord Injury ◽

Case Report ◽

Case Reports ◽

Pierre Robin Syndrome ◽

Cord Injury ◽

Medical Entity ◽

Pierre Robin

Ischiospinal Dysostosis (ISD) is a complex and very rare medical entity. It is associated with kyphoscoliosis, dysplasia or aplasia of the ischial rami, segmental anomalies of the bony vertebrae, and peculiar facial morphologies. In this case report, we present a child with Ischiospinal Dysostosis and Pierre-Robin Syndrome. This case report is unique as we followed the patient for 13 years in which he had multiple spinal procedures to treat his kyphoscoliosis. In this paper, we elucidated the number of case reports with documented follow-up regarding spinal cord injury or other complications of ISD and its management.

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