Muhammad Sohaib Anwer, Amir Dawood Younis, Muhammad Ali.
CERVICAL SPINE INJURY TREATED WITH AND WITHOUT SURGICAL INTERVENTION; Clinical outcome of patients.
Professional Med J Jan ;22(11):1504-8.

To measure outcome of patients with cervical spine injury treated with and without surgical intervention. Study Design: Cross sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: 3years, Department of neurosurgery, Nishtar hospital Multan. Patients and Methods: Total 43 patients with cervical spine injury fulfilling the inclusion and exclusion criteria were admitted from OPD and emergency department of Nishtar Hospital Multan. Patients were examined for motor loss at the time of admission and on follow after the assigned treatment. MRI neck was performed in all patients. Results: There were 43 patients in total. Males were 31 (72%) while females were 13 (28%) with 2.5:1 ratio. Mean age was 33.92 ± 11.4. Mean Power grade was 2.2± 1.4 at the time of admission while on follow mean Grade of power was 3.34±1.51 with P value of 0.00. Conclusion: Cervical spine injury patients are associated with Improvement in power with or without surgical intervention.

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