Abstract
Introduction: traffic accidents appear to be one of the frequently encountered causes of spinal cord injury (sPI) in patients with ankylosing spondylitis. the risk of spinal cord injury is 11.4 times higher in patients with As compared to the healthy population. Although the fractures might be seen in any part of the spine, they most frequently occur in cervical region. case report: Our subject in this case is a 62-year-old patient diagnosed with As who had isolated muscle strength loss following a traffic accident. the patient was provided skull traction treatment having sustained a fracture in his c7 in a traffic accident, and he developed tetraplegia as a result. conclusion: Our objective with this case report is to emphasize that stress loading treatment methods such as skull traction which apply force to bone in fractures arising from traumas in patients with As could lead to extremely severe neurological injuries.
Highlights
Traffic accidents appear to be one of the frequently encountered causes of spinal cord injury (SPI) in patients with ankylosing spondylitis
Our objective with this case report is to emphasize that stress loading treatment methods such as skull traction which apply force to bone in fractures arising from traumas in patients with Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) could lead to extremely severe neurological injuries
We present a subject with AS who sustained spinal cord injury (SCI) following skull traction implementation conducted due to cervical spinal cord injury in a traffic accident in a car
Summary
Traffic accidents appear to be one of the frequently encountered causes of spinal cord injury (SPI) in patients with ankylosing spondylitis. Conclusion: Our objective with this case report is to emphasize that stress loading treatment methods such as skull traction which apply force to bone in fractures arising from traumas in patients with AS could lead to extremely severe neurological injuries. The fact that pathology in cervical vertebrae might not be detected in conventional radiological examination might result in delayed diagnosis [2, 3] In this case report, we present a subject with AS who sustained spinal cord injury (SCI) following skull traction implementation conducted due to cervical spinal cord injury in a traffic accident in a car. Our objective is to underline that stress loading treatment methods such as skull traction which apply force to bone in neurological complications arising from simple traumas in patients with AS might lead to extremely severe neurological injuries
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