Table 3.

Mortality chart

Age	Type of injury	Level of injury	Pre-op status	Associated injuries/disease	Cause of death	Time of death	Surgery performed
31 yr	Bi-facetal dislocation	C5-C6 dislocation	Quadriplegia	Multiple long bone fractures	Pulmonary embolism	3rd post-op day	Anterior discectomy, reduction, fusion+fixation
18 yr	Bi-facetal dislocation with tear drop fracture	C5 #, C5-C6 dislocation	Quadriplegia	Multiple long bones + pelvis fractures	Pulmonary embolism	5th post-op day	C5 corpectomy, fusion+fixation
36 yr	Bi-facetal dislocation	C5-C6 dislocation	Quadriplegia	(L) hemothorax + lung contusion	Respiratory failure 2° to lung trauma	4th post-op day	Discectomy, reduction fusion+fixation
19 yr	C4	Burst fracture	Quadriplegia	B/L hemothorax	Respiratory failure 2° to lung trauma	3rd post-op day	C4 corpectomy fusion+fixation
38 yr	Bi-facetal dislocation	C4-C5	Quadriplegia	DM+HT	? Ascending cord edema	2nd post-op day	Anterior discectomy, reduction, fusion+fixation
59 yr	Bi-facetal dislocation	C4-C5	Quadriplegia	Nil	? Ascending cord edema	1st post-op day	Anterior discectomy, reduction, fusion+fixation
31 yr	Bi-facetal dislocation	C3-C4	Quadriplegia	Nil	? Ascending cord edema	3rd post-op day	Anterior discectomy, reduction, fusion+fixation
29 yr	Burst fracture with dislocation	C5 #, C4-C5	Quadriplegia	Nil	? Ascending cord edema	6th post-op day	C5 corpectomy, fusion+fixation
22 yr	Bi-facetal dislocation	C4-C5	Quadriplegia	Nil	Respiratory infection + septicemia	47th post-op day	Anterior discectomy, reduction, fusion+fixation
37 yr	Burst fracture	C5	Quadriplegia	DM+HT	Respiratory infection + septicemia	24th post-op day	C5 corpectomy, fusion+fixation

#: Fracture, DM: Diabetes mellitus, HT: Hypertension