On application of skull traction the weakened section of the compressed cervical cord is the part that is most overstretched this inevitably results in increased neurological def icit on scrutiny of the clinical records of 100 tetraplegic patients treated by skull traction at the national spinal injuries centre at the stoke mandeville hospital aylesbury england from 1971 to 1982 we . Skull traction and cervical cord injury a new approach to improved rehabilitation ebook breig alf amazonca kindle store. Skull traction and cervical cord injury book read reviews from worlds largest community for readers in this book on the optimal treatment of the injur. On scrutiny of the clinical records of 100 tetraplegic patients treated by skull traction at the national spinal injuries centre at the stoke mandeville hospital aylesbury england from 1971 to 1982 we found that therapeutic skull traction had been followed by an immediate increase in neurological deficit in 12 of the patients a relatively high figure for the type of case in which beneficial effects oftraction were habitually anticipated. On application of skull traction the weakened section of the compressed cervical cord is the part that is most overstretched this inevitably results in increased neurological def icit