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Today's Medical Mysterie

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George K

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57 yo male, motor vehicle collision, C2-3 complete dislocation who survived with only mild weakness, how?
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Spinal cord intact?
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Spinal cord intact?
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@Mik said in Today's Medical Mysterie:

Spinal cord intact?

Yup. In the case report, it says that the patient had had a cervical laminectomy. Perhaps there was enough bone removed to allow the spinal cord to escape injury.
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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Lucky. Sort of.
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