Neupsy Key

Summary of Key Points • Cervical facet dislocations are associated with high-energy trauma to the spine. • Cervical facet dislocations may be treated by closed reduction, open posterior reduction and…

Summary of Key Points • Advancements in imaging provide additional understanding into the structural and neurologic injuries of the sacrum, allowing for comprehensive injury assessment. • Surgical treatment options are…

Summary of Key Points • Spinal traction is an effective nonoperative treatment strategy for cervical fractures, dislocations, destabilizing conditions, and deformity. • Methods of spinal traction include head halter traction,…

Summary of Key Points • Spinal cord injury (SCI) severs descending motor and ascending sensory axonal pathways, leading to paralysis and loss of sensation below the level of injury. •…

Summary of Key Points • Acute spinal cord injury consists of a traumatic primary injury followed by secondary injury resulting from a progressive cascade of local pathophysiologic processes. This happens…

Summary of Key Points • Systems of describing spinal column injuries have historically focused on fracture classification and morphology. With advancements in our understanding of spinal biomechanics, modern classification systems…

Summary of Key Points • Spinal fractures are relatively common injuries that are more likely to occur at the thoracolumbar junction, are associated with neurologic injury in up to 20%…

Summary of Key Points • Spinal vascular malformations can be divided into four types including spinal dural fistulae, arteriovenous malformation (AVM) like glomus fissula, juvenile AVM, and ventral fistulae, although…