1. Impressive neurological recovery following C-spine dislocation in a patient on long term immunosuppression
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Calan Mathieson, Francois Okoroafor, Mariel Purcell, and Arun Krishna
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Traumatic spinal cord injury ,business.industry ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Immunosuppression ,Context (language use) ,General Medicine ,Spine dislocation ,Organ transplantation ,Surgery ,Road traffic accident ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Steroid use ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,medicine ,Neurology (clinical) ,business ,Clinical scenario ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery - Abstract
We report excellent neurological improvement in a patient with C6/C7 dislocation following a high speed road traffic accident. This case in particular is unusual because the patient was the recipient of an organ transplant during childhood and was therefore on long term immunosuppressant medication at the time of injury. In this report we reflect on the role of steroid use in traumatic spinal cord injury and put our case within the context of current evidence and this unusual clinical scenario.
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- 2019
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