Fifty years survival after cervical fracture and fusion.
A patient who survived for 50 years after two cervical injuries is described. Among other effects he showed remarkable compensatory changes in the vertebrae above and below a cervical fusion operation. He also developed a meningeal pseudocyst following lumbar laminectomy. The history and pathological findings are considered to be instructive.
D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D007738:Kyphosis / Q000150:complications; D007796:Laminectomy / Q000009:adverse effects; D008297:Male; D008578:Meninges / Q000473:pathology; D011542:Pseudarthrosis / Q000150:complications; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000473:pathology; D013123:Spinal Fusion / Q000009:adverse effects; D013124:Spinal Injuries / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013130:Spinal Stenosis / Q000150:complications; D013131:Spine / Q000473:pathology; D013997:Time Factors