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FRACTURE-DISLOCATIONS OF THE CERVICAL SPINE

F. C. Durbin 1

1 The Princess Elizabeth Orthopaedic Hospital, the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Exeter

1. Seventy-five injuries of the cervical spine are reported. Fifty-three were dislocations and fracture-dislocations involving the third to the seventh segments.

2. The importance of careful examination in all neck injuries is stressed.

3. The injuries are divided into stable and unstable types and the causation of the instability is discussed.

4. Plaster immobilisation for more than six months failed in some patients to prevent recurrence of dislocation.

5. Operative treatment was advised in all cases of dislocation, the spine being wired and grafted with iliac bone. This prevents recurrence and shortens the period of convalescence.
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