Spinal Fractures

Typed case summary, notes, correspondence and charts relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 50 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: post-concussional syndrome; vertebra fracture; and motor accident. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports, charts and x-ray films relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 47 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: paraparesis; spinal compression fracture; and numbness. Surgical treatment and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts, report, notes and correspondence relating to male from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 50 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: spinal fractures; work accident; and backache. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Charts, reports and typed case summary relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 21 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: cervical cord injury; hypaesthesia in hands; paraplegia of trunk and lower extremities; and compression fracture of cervical vertebrae. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Charts, reports and notes relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 16 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: fracture of dorsal spine; back pain; legs paralysis; and hyperaesthesia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Correspondence, typed case summary, charts, X-ray films and reports relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 42 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: fracture of atlas vertebra; and instability of leg. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Correspondence, charts, typed case summary, notes and reports relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 45 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: spinal fracture; paraplegia; severe intractable pain in right leg; and back pain. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, notes and charts relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 28 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: fracture and dislocation of dorso-lumbar spine; paraplegia; lumbar pain; and haematuria. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Correspondence and notes relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 52 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: back pain; leg pain; arthritis of spine; and compression fracture of vertebra. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, newspaper clippings, autopsy report, notes, reports and charts relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 19 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: fracture dislocation of vertebrae with complete cord lesion; femur fracture; collapse of the right lung; and coma. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.