Citation

Rovit RL, Simon AS, Couldwell WT. J. Neurosurg. 2008; 108(2): 402-408.

Affiliation

Department of Neurosurgery, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, USA. rlrovit@optonline.net

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, American Association of Neurological Surgeons)

DOI

10.3171/JNS/2008/108/2/0402

PMID

18240943

Abstract

General George S. Patton Jr. died as the result of quadriplegia sustained in a car crash in Germany in 1945. His x-ray films revealed a fractured C-3 vertebra and a posterior dislocation of C-4 on C-5. The likely cause of death was a pulmonary embolus. Details of his medical treatment are reviewed and compared with therapies that a patient with a similar injury would receive today.

Language: en