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. 2021 Jul 15;38(15):2073–2083. doi: 10.1089/neu.2021.0040

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©Bizhan Aarabi et al. 2021; Published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.

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FIG. 3. — Following a ground-level fall, this 75-year-old woman had an American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) motor score (AMS) of 52. Computed tomography (CT) scan indicated swan-neck deformity (panel A) with a Cobb angle of -13 degrees. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) indicated a four-segment spinal stenosis and evidence of mild extension distraction injury at C4/C5 skeletal segment (arrow) (panel B), maximum canal compromise (MCC) was 42.3% and intramedullary lesion length (IMLL) was 22.1 mm. Sixty-nine hours following her trauma, a laminectomy was performed (panels C,D). Her post-operative Cobb angle was 24 degrees. Twelve months after discharge her AMS was 85.