How to treat spinal fractures

Vertebral fracture mainly depends on the location and severity of the fracture. If cervical fracture is normal, surgery is needed, because cervical spinal cord is behind the cervical spine. Cervical spine fracture instability is easy to compress the spinal cord. Severe cases can cause serious consequences such as quadriplegia, so most of them need surgery. Thoracic and lumbar fractures can be treated conservatively. Simple vertebral compression fractures with mild compression and displacement can be treated conservatively, including sleeping on cardboard bed traction. If the fracture displacement is obvious, compression nerve and spinal cord, fracture instability, need surgery treatment, can also cooperate with drug treatment, should add nutritional nerve drugs. In the process of transferring the patient belongs to first aid, the patient should be lifted to the platform, preferably in a straight position, and then sent to the hospital with a single board and stretcher, spinal fracture needs to choose the treatment method according to the situation.