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A case of central cord syndrome caused by intubation: a case report

K Yan1, M F Diggan

  • 1Department of Rehabilitation Medicine and Restorative Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago 60612, USA.

Following intubation for respiratory distress, a 42 year-old female patient sustained a hyperextension injury which produced a central cord syndrome. This paper illustrates an unusual mechanism whereby a central cord syndrome was caused by pure hyperextension without high velocity force.

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