Key result
Electroshock therapy linked to traumatic complications like vertebral fractures in up to ~47% of patients.
Why the study?
The increasing use of convulsive therapy in psychoses necessitates understanding the traumatic complications such as fractures associated with electroshock therapy.
Population
Patients with psychoses and allied disorders treated at the McLean Hospital
Comparison
Not applicable; evaluation of fractures following electroshock therapy
Design
Observational study
Authors
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Supports post-ECT fracture screening in radiology; leaves open precise incidence in contemporary cohorts.
Observational
No
Electroshock therapy can cause severe traumatic complications, particularly vertebral fractures, necessitating radiological awareness and evaluation.
Lingley et al. (1947) conducted an observational in Psychoses and allied disorders. Electroshock therapy was evaluated on Traumatic complications (fractures). Electroshock therapy is associated with traumatic complications such as vertebral fractures, with previous investigators reporting incidences ranging from 0 to 47 percent.
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