sch.3-sec.87 Moderate cervical spine injury—fracture, disc prolapse or nerve root compression or damage
Comment about appropriate level of ISV
5 to 15
An ISV at or near the top of the range will be appropriate if—
there is a disc prolapse for which there is radiological evidence at an anatomically correct level; and
there are symptoms of pain and 3 or more of the following objective signs that are anatomically localised to an appropriate spinal nerve root distribution—
sensory loss;
loss of muscle strength;
loss of reflexes;
unilateral atrophy; and
the impairment has not improved after non-operative treatment.
An ISV of about 10 will be appropriate if there is a fracture of a vertebral body with up to 25% compression, and ongoing pain.
An ISV at or near the bottom of the range will be appropriate for an uncomplicated fracture of a posterior element of 1 or more of the vertebral segments, for example, spinous or transverse processes, without neurological impairment.