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In 1965–78 930 patients with trauma of the cervical spine were treated in the Rehabilitation Institute of Konstancin.
Eight hundred and forty-three patients had spinal fracture and spinal cord injury. In this paper the effects on the neurological disabilities achieved in 468 patients with complete or severe spinal cord injury are discussed. Improvement after admission to hospital, and taking into account the patient's age and also the timing and the method of specialist treatment, is analysed.
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Kiwerski, J., Weiss, M. Neurological improvement in traumatic injuries of cervical spinal cord. Spinal Cord 19, 31–37 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1038/sc.1981.9
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