Circumferential fracture of the skull base causing craniocervical dislocation

2002 ◽  
Vol 97 (1) ◽  
pp. 118-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ganesh Rao ◽  
Adam S. Arthur ◽  
Ronald I. Apfelbaum
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
Unusual Case ◽  
Motor Vehicle ◽  
Neurological Impairment ◽  
Craniocervical Junction ◽  
Motor Vehicle Accidents ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Vehicle Accidents ◽  
Fine Print

✓ Fractures of the craniocervical junction are common in victims of high-speed motor vehicle accidents; indeed, injury to this area is often fatal. The authors present the unusual case of a young woman who sustained a circumferential fracture of the craniocervical junction. Despite significant trauma to this area, she suffered remarkably minor neurological impairment and made an excellent recovery. Her injuries, treatment, and outcome, as well as a review of the literature with regard to injuries at the craniocervical junction, are discussed.

Pediatric neck injuries

1984 ◽  
Vol 60 (4) ◽  
pp. 700-706 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen A. Hill ◽  
Carole A. Miller ◽  
Edward J. Kosnik ◽  
William E. Hunt
Keyword(s):  
Motor Vehicle ◽  
Spinal Column ◽  
Neurological Deficits ◽  
Neck Injuries ◽  
Older Children ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Vehicle Accidents ◽  
Upper Cervical ◽  
Cervical Injuries ◽  
Fine Print

✓ This review of pediatric neck injuries includes patients admitted to Children's Hospital of Columbus, Ohio, during the period 1969 to 1979. The 122 patients with neck injuries constituted 1.4% of the total neurosurgical admissions during this time. Forty-eight patients had cervical strains; 74 had involvement of the spinal column; and 27 had neurological deficits. The injuries reached their peak incidence during the summer months, with motor-vehicle accidents accounting for 31%, diving injuries and falls from a height 20% each, football injuries 8%, other sports 11%, and miscellaneous 10%. There is a clear division of patients into a group aged 8 years or less with exclusively upper cervical injuries, and an older group with pancervical injuries. In the younger children, the injuries involved soft tissue (subluxation was seen more frequently than fracture), and tended to occur through subchondral growth plates, with a more reliable union than similar bone injuries. In the older children, the pattern and etiology of injury are the same as in adults. The entire cervical axis is at risk, and there is a tendency to fracture bone rather than cartilaginous structures.

scholarly journals Treatment Options for Brachial Plexus Injuries

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vasileios I. Sakellariou ◽  
Nikolaos K. Badilas ◽  
Nikolaos A. Stavropoulos ◽  
George Mazis ◽  
Helias K. Kotoulas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Brachial Plexus ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Review Paper ◽  
Motor Vehicle ◽  
Treatment Options ◽  
Motor Vehicle Accidents ◽  
Future Prospects ◽  
Current Management ◽  
Vehicle Accidents ◽  
Conservative And Operative Treatment

The incidence of brachial plexus injuries is rapidly growing due to the increasing number of high-speed motor-vehicle accidents. These are devastating injuries leading to significant functional impairment of the patients. The purpose of this review paper is to present the available options for conservative and operative treatment and discuss the correct timing of intervention. Reported outcomes of current management and future prospects are also analysed.

Pneumopericardium in blunt chest trauma after high-speed motor vehicle accidents

2005 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roland Ladurner ◽  
Lars M. Qvick ◽  
Felix Hohenbleicher ◽  
Klaus K. Hallfeldt ◽  
Wolf Mutschler ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blunt Chest Trauma ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Chest Trauma ◽  
Motor Vehicle ◽  
Motor Vehicle Accidents ◽  
Vehicle Accidents

Development of Experimental and Computational Models to Evaluate the Stability of Aortic Stent Grafts in Motor Vehicle Accidents

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kurosh Darvish ◽  
Mehdi Shafieian ◽  
Vasily Romanov ◽  
Vittorio Rotella ◽  
Michael D. Salvatore ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Stent Graft ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Computational Models ◽  
Motor Vehicle ◽  
Element Model ◽  
Motor Vehicle Accidents ◽  
Stent Grafts ◽  
Vehicle Accidents ◽  
The Stability

A high speed impact system was developed to study the stability of stent grafts in thoracic porcine models in vitro. The experiments were guided by a finite element model of the test setup to identify the conditions that increase the risk of instability of the stent graft. The models showed that at anterior inclination of 45° and average deceleration of 40 G, which represented a frontal crash, the stent graft can move up to 1 mm. The results of this study may be helpful in developing future grafts to withstand shocks experienced in motor vehicle accidents.

Herniation of the Bladder into the Rectum in a Dog

1990 ◽  
Vol 3 (03) ◽  
pp. 106-109
Author(s):  
N. E. Lambrechts
Keyword(s):  
Unusual Case ◽  
Motor Vehicle ◽  
Motor Vehicle Accidents ◽  
Pelvic Fractures ◽  
Normal Position ◽  
Successful Management ◽  
Vehicle Accidents ◽  
Traumatic Fracture ◽  
Lower Urinary

SummaryIn the dog, the pelvis is frequently injured following motor vehicle accidents (1). Injuries to the lower urinary and intestinal tracts may accompany pelvic fractures in man (2, 3, 4, 5) and the dog (1, 6, 7). This paper describes an unsual case of bladder retroflexion and herniation through a tear, into the rectum of a dog, following traumatic fracture of the pelvis. The successful management and repair is outlined and a biomechanical sequence leading to the abnormal bladder position is proposed.An unusual case of bladder retroflexion and herniation through a tear, into the rectum of a dog, following traumatic fracture of the pelvis is described. Repair was accomplished by manipulation of the bladder into its normal position through a coeliotomy incision and suturing of the rectal tear after prolapsing the rectum through the anus. The proposed biomechanical sequence leading to this injury is tearing by the inwardly rotated, fractured left hemipelvis as well as or alternatively, shearing forces along lines of excessive tension.

Myelomeningocele and thick filum terminale with tethered cord appearing as a human tail

1993 ◽  
Vol 78 (6) ◽  
pp. 966-969 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shushovan Chakrabortty ◽  
Shizuo Oi ◽  
Yasuhisa Yoshida ◽  
Hiroshi Yamada ◽  
Michio Yamaguchi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Unusual Case ◽  
Spinal Dysraphism ◽  
Tethered Cord ◽  
Tethered Spinal Cord ◽  
Filum Terminale ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
External Appearance ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Human Tail ◽  
Fine Print

✓ Tail-like caudal appendages may be associated with spinal dysraphism, particularly with spinal lipomas or lipomyelomeningoceles. An unusual case is presented of a patient with a myelomeningocele and a thick filum terminale with tethered spinal cord, which presented with the external appearance of a human tail. A review of the literature reveals that human tails may be associated with dysraphic conditions. Extensive neuroradiological examinations should be performed for all such cases of apparent tails.

Psychological Outcome of Motor Vehicle Accidents

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoshiharu Kim ◽  
Yutaka Matsuoka ◽  
Ulrich Schnyder ◽  
Sara Freedman ◽  
Robert Ursano
Keyword(s):  
Motor Vehicle ◽  
Motor Vehicle Accidents ◽  
Psychological Outcome ◽  
Vehicle Accidents
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