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AN ORTHOPEDIC AND NEUROLOGICAL FOLLOW-UP STUDY OF VERTEBRAL FRACTURES IN SHOCK THERAPY

PHILLIP POLATIN and LOUIS LINNAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 105, Number 11

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.105.11.825

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l. Twenty-four patients with vertebral fractures occurring during the course of convulsive therapy were studied approximately 10 years after the initial lesion.

2. Four patients complain of occasional mild, nondisabling backaches. The rest are symptom-free.

3. In no case is there clinical evidence of orthopedic or neurological sequelæ to the original injury.

4. In 3 cases x-ray findings indicate an increase in the original pathology involving the thoracic vertebræ.

5. Patients with vertebral fractures tolerate subsequent convulsive therapy satisfactorily.

6. No curare was used either in the original or subsequent convulsive therapy.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 105 • Number 11 • May 1949

Pages: 825 - 828

PubMed: 18125685

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Published in print: May 1949

Published online: 1 April 2006

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PHILLIP POLATIN

The Department of Clinical Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute.

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LOUIS LINN

The Department of Clinical Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute.

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AN ORTHOPEDIC AND NEUROLOGICAL FOLLOW-UP STUDY OF VERTEBRAL FRACTURES IN SHOCK THERAPY

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