Journal of Spine

Burkay Kutluhan Kacira

Publications

• Case Report
  Spinal Cord Injury Without Radiological Abnormality (SCIWORA): Is It Still a Notable Definition?
  Author(s): Orhan Buyukbebeci, Onur Bilge, Burcin Karsli, Burkay Kutluhan Kacira, Harun Kutahya and Mustafa IsikOrhan Buyukbebeci, Onur Bilge, Burcin Karsli, Burkay Kutluhan Kacira, Harun Kutahya and Mustafa Isik
  
  The developing Magnetic Resonance Imaging technologies have led to significant changes in the radiological diagnostic criteria of the Spinal Cord Injury without Radiological Abnormality (SCIWORA). Moreover, some authors even introduced alternative definitions for this specific disease recently. The aims of this study were to report an adolescent case with pure SCIWORA and to clarify its definition in the literature. A 16 year-old adolescent patient with thoracolumbar SCIWORA together with a pelvic fracture after a vehicle accident was presented in this case report. In neurological examination, both extremities were graded as Frankel type A. The X-ray and Magnetic Resonance Imaging revealed the right ischium-superior pubic ramus fracture and only edema of the spinal cord at T12, L1 and L2 vertebral levels, subsequently. A high dose of methyl-prednisolone was administered. Pelvic fractu.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2165-7939.1000215

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