title: Surgery for chronic symptoms after whiplash injury. Follow-up of 20 cases.
abstract: 20 patients operated on with discectomy and anterior cervical fusion because of chronic symptoms after whiplash injury were examined 4 years after surgery. The commonest indications for surgery were disabling headache and neck pain and radiographically verified disc protrusion. At follow-up, 11 patients had reduced headache and neck pain, while paresthesia and radicular pain were diminished in 9 patients. Based on Robinsson's criteria for the evaluation of surgical results, 2 patients had good, 9 had fair and 9 had poor results.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital, Umeå, Sweden.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Algers
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pettersson
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hildingsson
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Toolanen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery*; D017586:Diskectomy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013123:Spinal Fusion; D014911:Whiplash Injuries / Q000601:surgery*