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Updated: May 15, 2023 Author: Jesse Borke, MD, FACEP, FAAEM; Chief Editor: Barry E Brenner, MD, PhD, FACEP more...Practice Essentials Neoplastic disease that involves the spine and results in spinal cord or cauda equina compression may have devastating neurologic and functional consequences...
Also consider other conditions in patients with suspected SCI, such as transverse myelitis, acute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculopathy (AIDP), myasthenia gravis exacerbation, and extradural spinal cord compression from abscess, hematoma, or tumor. Differential Diagnoses Aortic Dissection Epidural Infec...
Trauma to the spinal cord typically leads to a combination of symptoms and signs resulting from immediate and delayed injury. The initial mechanical trauma is secondary to traction and compression forces. Direct compression of neural elements by bone fragments, disc material, and ligaments damages both...
Surgery may be required to prevent the spine from pressing on the spinal cord or to stabilize the vertebra adjacent to the fracture site. What Procedures Fix Vertebral Compression Fractures? Percutaneous vertebroplasty: This is a relatively new procedure in which a needle is inserted through the ski...
Sometimes, patients do not obtain enough relief from their symptoms from these nonsurgical treatments. If the patient is unable to function or do his or her normal activities due to pain, surgery could be an option. Additionally, patients with severe spinal cord compression (myelopathy) or increas...
SpinalInjury DrAdrianBurger SeniorRegistrar DivisionofEmergencyMedicine UCT/US 25May2007 Objectives Anatomy Stats Clinical Imaging Summary Anatomy1 Numberofneuronsinhumanspinalcord=13,500,000Lengthofhumanspinalcord=45cm(male);43cm(female)Lengthofhumanvertebralcolumn=70cmLengthofcatspinalcord=34cmLengthofrabbitsp...