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Volume 4 Issue 1 (January - February, 2016)

Review Articles

CURRENT CONCEPTS REGARDING TIMING OF SURGERY AND ROLE OF DECOMPRESSION IN SPINAL FIXATION OF SPINAL CORD INJURY PATIENTS - A REVIEW OF LITERATURE
Arnab Sinha, Niraj Narayan Singh, Manish Kumar, Santosh Kumar

The treatment of vertebral fractures was traditionally conservative. With the availability of implant and safe surgery, spinal fixation and decompression of the injured cord is being accepted. Literature is divided on the issue of how early surgery is to be done.
Key words: Spinal fixation, spinal cord injury, vertebral injury.

 
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