Abstract
A review of 35 cases aged fifteen years or younger with traumatic vertebral column and spinal cord injuries is presented here. There were twenty-one cervical, twelve thoracic and two lumbar spinal injuries. Cases of atlantaxial injuries are more common than in adults. Radiographic and clinical features of the lower cervical spine are the same as those of adults. All of the spinal cord injuries without radiographic abnormalities (SCIWORA) occurred in cerviao-thoracic lesions. In these cases, neurological recovery was poor. Paralytic scoliosis occurred in all cases with upper thoracic spinal injuries. Traumatic syringomyelia was found in one case with a thoracic cord injury.
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