VOLUME 5 , ISSUE 1 ( January-March, 2018 ) > List of Articles
Rully H Dahlan, Sevline E Ompusunggu, Farid Yudoyono, Premanand S Ramani
Keywords : Cervical traction, Evaluation of series lateral cervical spine X-ray, Patient's characteristic, Subaxial cervical spine injury
Citation Information : Dahlan RH, Ompusunggu SE, Yudoyono F, Ramani PS. Predictive Factors of Cervical Traction based on Cervical Spine Realignment shown by Series Lateral Cervical X-ray in Subaxial Cervical Spine Injury Patients. J Spinal Surg 2018; 5 (1):48-51.
DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10039-1169
License: CC BY-NC 4.0
Published Online: 01-04-2019
Copyright Statement: Copyright © 2018; The Author(s).
Introduction: Cervical spine injury is the most feared spinal injury for physicians, patients, and their families. All patients with unstable subaxial cervical spine injury must be managed by cervical traction and stabilization. Lateral cervical X-ray remains standard diagnostic tools to evaluate the stability of cervical spine structure and has a high diagnosis value in evaluating the success of the cervical traction. The success of the cervical traction could be predicted by observing the alignment of the cervical based on series lateral cervical spine X-ray. Materials and methods: This retrospective study involves 30 patients with subaxial cervical spine injury admitted to the Emergency Unit of Dr. Hasan Sadikin Hospital, Bandung, Indonesia, from 2012 to 2016. This study uses the logistic regression analysis with p < 0.05 considered to be significant and the confidence interval (CI) of 95%. Results: The results of this study showed that the failure of cervical traction (closed reduction) was mainly determined by interval admission time and facet lock (FL). The interval admission time (p = 0.015; two-sided tail, Pearson's chi-square) and distribution of FL showed significant results (p = 0.001; two-sided tail Fisher's exact test). Odds ratio (OR) whether FL is present or absent is 3.8; 95% CI 0.5 to 27.1, with p = 0.001. Conclusion: It is concluded that informed consent regarding cervical traction failure is needed in subaxial cervical injury > 24 hours, where in patients with FL cervical traction trail is not needed, instead immediate definitive management (opened reduction) with stabilization is recommended.