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A case of central cord syndrome caused by intubation: a case report
1Department of Rehabilitation Medicine and Restorative Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago 60612, USA.
The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine
|April 1, 1997
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.
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.