Title: Traumatic Quadriplegia Treated Without Surgery: An Unusal Case
Authors: Dr Shikhil Uppal, Dr R.Srinivas, Dr Pulla Reddy
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v6i2.200
Abstract
Quadriplegia commonly occurs due to cervical cord injury and rarely due to cortical injuries in the motor cortex which may be seen on keen observation done in Ct scan of brain. amount of impairment resulting from a spinal cord injury depends on the part of spinal cord injured and amount of damage done. Hereby reporting a case of biparietal contusion with quadriplegia with mild cervical cord compression by obliteration of subarachnoid space.
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