title: Multiple cervical spine fractures without neurologic deficit after a helicopter crash. Case report.
abstract: The case of a soldier with multiple cervical fractures without neurologic deficit sustained after a helicopter crash during Operation Desert Storm is presented. The fractures involved the C2 body and the right facet joint and pedicle of C4. This fracture pattern, in association-with lack of neurologic deficit, is the first such case reported in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Riyadh Armed Forces Hospital, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chaudhri
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Cybulski
authors.forename: D T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Pitkethly
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: al Hemsi
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Johnson
mesh_terms: D000060:Accidents, Aviation; D000328:Adult; D000401:Aircraft; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000293:injuries*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009422:Nervous System Diseases; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000209:etiology*; D014857:Warfare