Birmingham: University of Alabama at Birmingham; 2013. https://www.nscisc.uab.edu/PublicDocuments/fact_figures_docs/Facts%202013.pdf. Accessed 18 Oct 2015. Lee BB, Cripps RA, Fitzharris M, Wing PC. The global map for traumatic spinal cord injury epidemiology: update 2011, global incidence ...
treated in a hospital.2A study from the 1970s estimated themortality rateat the scene of the accident or on arrival to be between 48% and 79%, however, most surgeons would anecdotally agree that this number is much lower today with the advancement of paramedical and emergency medical care.3...
New York, NY, USA) have been less definitive, but here too the American Academy of Neurological Surgeons concluded that the evidence does not support a clinical benefit.2 Individuals who sustain a SCI are at risk for secondary complications resulting in increased use of health care resources. Ad...
1.National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center:Facts and Figures at a Glance. Birmingham, AL: University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2019. Symptoms and Signs of Spinal Trauma The cardinal sign of spinal cord injury is a discrete injury level in which neurologic function above the injury is inta...
R. Fine, PhD 547 Spain Rehabilitation Center, University o f A lbama at Birmin gham, Birmingham, A la bama 35294, USA . In order to identify a comprehensive but manageable set of determinants capable of influencing return to employment after spinal cord inj ury ( S C I ) and to ...
Traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) is one of the most devastating neurological injuries in both developed and developing nations. Worldwide, the incidence of SCI ranges from 3.6 to 195 per million. In the United States, the incidence and prevalence of SCI are higher than in other developed cou...
In: Tator CH, Benzel EC (eds) Contemporary management of spinal cord injury: from impact to rehabilitation. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, New York, pp 33–50 Google Scholar Fehlings MG, Tator CH, Linden RD (1988) The effect of an applied direct current field on recovery ...
Before the advent of MRI, there was no investigation which could help the surgeons in formulating a rational treatment of the syrinxes. Studies with CT myelography provided some insight. Vernon et ai. (1983) believes that failure to 408 PARAPLEGIA operate will sooner or later lead to ...
Blood pressure (BP) management in the acute period after SCI is extremely important, as persistent hypotension can increase spinal cord ischemia and secondary damage. The current AANS and Congress of Neurological Surgeons guideline [37] provides level III recommendations for continuous hemodynamic monitor...