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Traumatic Infarction of the Spinal Cord

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

W.S. Keith
W.S. Keith*
Affiliation:
Division of Neurosurgery, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
*
Toronto Western Medical Building, 25 Leonard Avenue, Toronto M5T 2R2. Ontario, Canada
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Infarction of the spinal cord is an occasional complication of thoracic and aortic surgery and dissecting aneurysm. Only once has it been reported following injury. This paper recounts the histories of four children each of whom survived an automobile accident; each with permanent paraplegia due to infarction.

Type
Research Article
Information
Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 1 , Issue 2 , May 1974 , pp. 124 - 126
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1974

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