The neurological and skeletal outcome in patients with closed cervical spinal cord injury.

@article{Donovan1987TheNA,
  title={The neurological and skeletal outcome in patients with closed cervical spinal cord injury.},
  author={William H. Donovan and Dennis R. Kopaniky and E Stolzmann and Rickey E. Carter},
  journal={Journal of neurosurgery},
  year={1987},
  volume={66 5},
  pages={
          690-4
        }
}
Sixty-one patients with closed cervical spinal cord injury were cared for within a defined protocol and followed for at least 1 year. Neurological recovery and healing of spinal structures were evaluated at intervals. Forty-three patients were managed without surgical intervention at the site of spine trauma, and the incidence of spontaneous fusion ("autofusion") was noted. Surgical fusion was performed on 17 patients, mainly to restore spinal stability and alignment. One patient underwent… 
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