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Car accidents can cause severe damage to all parts of the body, but some of the most painful and long lasting injuries occur in the upper spine area. The force of an accident, even at low to medium speeds can cause parts of the spine to shift and pinch main nerves. The cervical spine area is located at the top of the spine, and when injured, feels like a very painful back neck injury. The personal injury attorneys of Premier Law Group are very experienced in helping accident victims that have sustained serious cervical injuries recover the money they need to get back to the life they led before the accident.
When the cervical injury is serious enough, it may require a cervical fusion. This surgery is very expensive, but when more conservative methods of healing the back and spine are not successful, it is required for a full recovery. Insurance companies will do whatever they can in claims involving something as serious as a cervical fusion to argue that the surgery was unnecessary. This is why it is important for anyone who has already undergone a cervical fusion, or will have to in the future to speak with an experienced Seattle cervical spine injury attorney. For more information, check out our main website: www.plg-pllc.com. It is also very important to get advice specifically for your claim, which is why we offer free consultations to personal injury victims. Feel free to give us a call at your convenience, toll free, at (877) 500-9386.
If you or someone you know has had to undergo a spinal fusion because of an accident caused by someone else’s negligence, check out the information below to learn more on the causes, symptoms and treatment.
Cervical Spine Injury Causes:
Cervical spine injuries can be caused by any type of sudden force on the neck or back. Oftentimes what happens in auto accident cases is one of the cervical discs that separates each individual vertebrae is pushed out of place by a powerful jolt or direct force. There are a variety of ways the disc can be pushed, and sometimes it will pinch the nerve running through the spinal column, or go in the opposite direction, thus taking away the cushion between two vertebrae. When conservative methods of treatment do not work to fix this injury, doctors are forced to perform a spinal fusion.
Cervical Spine Injury Symptoms:
Spinal discs do not have to move much in order for someone to feel pain. In cases that result in a spinal fusion, the victim will oftentimes feel a tingling, numbing or burning sensation in the back neck area. If the injury is not treated fairly quickly, the symptoms can become much worse and lead to constant pain in areas involved in the affected nervous system.
Cervical Spine Injury Treatment:
In more severe cases of cervical spine injuries, a cervical fusion will be required. This surgery requires the surgeon to make an incision in the patient’s neck, right below the chin. The surgeon will then replace the damaged disc, and replace it with a piece of bone before fastening it in with a plate. The bone fragment that is used in this procedure may be taken from the patient’s hip through a bone graft, or from a bone bank.
Along with helping accident injury victims that have to undergo a cervical fusion, our Seattle personal injury lawyers work with victims of all types of accidents and injuries. For more information on how we can help you if you have been injured in an auto accident, check out our main website at www.plg-pllc.com, or visit some of our other injury-specific sites, such as: