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A patient who survived for 50 years after two cervical injuries is described. Among other effects he showed remarkable compensatory changes in the vertebrae above and below a cervical fusion operation. He also developed a meningeal pseudocyst following lumbar laminectomy. The history and pathological findings are considered to be instructive.
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Sakae, T., Bourke, J., Bedbrook, G. et al. Fifty years survival after cervical fracture and fusion. Spinal Cord 21, 249–257 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1038/sc.1983.38
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/sc.1983.38
