Fractures and dislocations, diagnosis and treatment (1915)
Preston, Miller Edwin, 1879- [from old catalog], Stover, H. G. [from old catalog] · St. Louis, C. V. Mosby company · leaf 508
invariably accom-panied by prompt loss of function in the destroyed cells, andinterruption of impulses in the damaged white tissue of the cord.If the damage to these cells has been at all severe, degenerationensues regardless of relief of pressure. If, however, pressure isnot removed pressure… … Fig. 558.—Fracture of the lower dorsal spine some eight years following the in-jury. The cord was partially crushed and paralysis of the lower extremities with lossof bladder and bowel control followed. Note the clironic sore in the sacral region andthe cord about the hips supporting a urinal.
Fractures · Dislocations · X-rays
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