Cervical Spine injury, Transverse Ligament Injury - Everything You Need To Know - Dr. Nabil Ebraheim скачать в хорошем качестве

Cervical Spine injury, Transverse Ligament Injury - Everything You Need To Know - Dr. Nabil Ebraheim

Dr. Ebraheim’s educational animated video describes cervical spine transverse ligament injury Anatomy of the cervical spine and transverse ligament Alar ligament Transverse ligament Spinal cord Apical ligament Odontoid process Antlato-dental interval: -3-5 mm : rupture of transverse ligament only. -More than 5 mm : rupture of transverse, Alar and Apical ligaments. More than 4.5 mm is abnormal for children. -More than 10 mm or the space available for cord is less than 14 mm: rupture of transverse, Alar and Apical ligaments. C1 jefferson fracture with more than 7 mm of lateral displacement indicates a rupture of the transverse ligament. Radiological study A.D.I abnormal: compressed spinal cord. A.D.I: more than 3 mm, narrowing of the spinal canal Management (Dickman’s classification) Type I: surgery of C1-C2. Fusion is needed Type II: could be treated by a halo at least initially. A better way to see the transverse ligament. Become a friend on facebook:   / drebraheim   Follow me on twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/DrEbraheim_UTMC