Injuries of the spine and of the spinal cord in the Hippocratic Corpus of medicine
| Autor: | Anastasios Andreakos, Andreas F. Mavrogenis, Demetrios Chytas, Konstantinos Markatos, Demetrios S. Korres |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Conservative Treatment 03 medical and health sciences symbols.namesake 0302 clinical medicine Humans Medicine Orthopedics and Sports Medicine History Ancient Spinal Cord Injuries Hippocratic Oath 030222 orthopedics business.industry General surgery Optimal treatment Structural integrity Spinal cord Spine Review article Surgery Conservative treatment medicine.anatomical_structure Spinal Cord Spinal Injuries Orthopedic surgery symbols Spine injury business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | International Orthopaedics. 41:2627-2629 |
| ISSN: | 1432-5195 0341-2695 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s00264-017-3527-x |
| Popis: | The purpose of this review article is to summarize the views presented in the Hippocratic Corpus of Medicine regarding injuries of the spine, their effect on the spinal cord and the optimal treatment modulus. It is shown that the treatment dilemmas of ancient times in these injuries remain modern since Hippocrates suggested that conservative treatment and letting nature take its course is preferable over a devastating surgical treatment if the spinal cord structural integrity is not compromised. There is also a detailed account of the conservative treatment suggested in the Hippocratic Corpus concerning devices and method of closed spinal relocations. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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