38 years old man suffered trauma to neck when a pole fell on him while he was working on his tube well. He developed sudden onset weakness in all the four limbs.
He reported to casualty about 2 hours after the injury and found to have quadriparesis [weakness in all four limbs] with grade 2 power in all the limbs along with numbness below sternum.
Xray revealed unifacetal dislocation of sixth cervical vertebra over seventh cervical vertebra.
MRI revealed C6-c7 disc impinging upon the cord. The patient was given injection solumedrol for 24 hours and was taken for anterior decompression, cervical plating and bone grafting.
This xray is one month postoperative and the patient has shown good recovery. He has 3+ power in all the limbs and is free of catheter.
Good evening. My brother has a fracture of C6 & c7 and has been operated upon. He has numbness (zero power) in his legs and finger of his hands. Has lost control over his bowels.
Can you check please?
Thanks
Kumar
Dr Arun Pal Singh Reply:
December 15th, 2010 at 5:48 am
@A Kumar,
You mean to say you want a meeting in person?
Dr Arun Pal Singh Reply:
December 15th, 2010 at 5:48 am
@A Kumar,
You mean to say you want a meeting in person?
Reply: Either would work. If you can have a look i.e., meet us or advice us over the phone. It will be of great help. I can send you the relevant documents also. My e-mail id is [edited]. If you can give me your contact details i can call you to discuss this further.
Kind regards
Abhas
Dr Arun Pal Singh Reply:
December 21st, 2010 at 2:27 pm
@A Kumar,
You can send me the info and documents on contact [at] boneandspine [dot] com
Good evening,
Two years back, my mother met with accident. In which she got injury in spine cord i. e. complete anterior dislocation of c6 over c7 vertebra. after that she lost complete sensation and control on her body. we have not operated the same, which resulted in blockage of spinal chord.
Now we dont find any treatment to recover from this. Please advise us in this situation and suggest us some treatment to regain some sensation in her body to make her take care of herself.
Also guide us whether stem cell therepy would help in this problem. We are in seroius trouble need help of expert
Dr Arun Pal Singh Reply:
April 18th, 2012 at 11:03 pm
@sunil marathe,
Can you please send an xray image to look at and an MRI image.