Soft-Tissue Damage and Segmental Instability in Adult Patients With Cervical Spinal Cord Injury Without Major Bone Injury

Abstract

A considerable proportion of the patients with traumatic cervical SCI without major bone injury were shown to have various types of soft-tissue damage associated with cervical segmental instability at the early stages of the injury. The severity of paralysis greatly depended on these discoligamentous injuries.