title: A multidisciplinary approach to providing care to adolescents with spinal cord trauma resulting from all-terrain vehicle accidents.
abstract: All-terrain vehicle accidents that affect the spine can lead to complex injuries in adolescents. This requires that many subspecialties work together on a multidisciplinary team to improve patient outcomes. Our case presentation will examine the multidisciplinary approach to care required for an 11-year-old adolescent involved in an all-terrain vehicle accident that resulted in traumatic spinal cord injury.
authors.affiliation: Le Bonheur Children's Hospital (Dr Rhodes, Ms Weatherford, and Ms Locke), The University of Memphis (Drs Chung and Lee), and University of TN Le Bonheur Pediatric Specialist (Dr Tidwell and Ms Paton), Memphis, Tennessee.
authors.forename: Leslie N
authors.initials: LN
authors.lastname: Rhodes
authors.forename: Blakely
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Weatherford
authors.forename: Lindsey N
authors.initials: LN
authors.lastname: Locke
authors.forename: Hoi Sing
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: Chrisla
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tidwell
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Paton
authors.forename: Shirleatha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D002648:Child; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D015600:Glasgow Coma Scale; D006801:Humans; D015601:Injury Severity Score; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D015541:Off-Road Motor Vehicles; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration*; D020127:Recovery of Function; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome