- What to Do in Case of Neck Fractures?
Although deaths in traffic accidents have decreased due to gradually improving health services and vehicle-traffic safety measures, the speed of vehicles has increased. However, as a result of airbags not becoming mandatory, there has been an increase in neck fractures.
Similar fractures can also occur in sports accidents such as diving into shallow water in the summer months. These patients usually die at the scene of the accident. As a result of the increase in the number of ambulances and trained medical personnel, correct intervention was made at the scene; In other words, patients who wear a proper neck brace now have the opportunity to perform surgery in hospitals.
Of course, damage to the spinal cord and nerves in these fractures aggravates the patient's condition. Therefore, be sure to ensure that there is an experienced neurosurgeon alongside the orthopedists in the team treating these fractures.
However, for fractures in the upper cervical spine, that is, in the area where the head and neck meet; Surgery can only be performed in very experienced hands.
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