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Old 23-08-2014, 09:38 AM #25
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Originally Posted by FlippingEck View Post
A compound fracture of his back? Hmmm really??? Im no medic but Im pretty sure if he;d have had a compound fracture of his back, that would have almost certainly led to total paralysis..
If the fracture is due to osteoporosis (not uncommon in the elderly) then often they'll be no spinal cord involvement - so no paralysis.

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