Periodical, neurological-functional assessment for cervical cord injury
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Clinical assessment following acute cervical spinal cord injury.
A cute traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) affects 12 000 to 15 000 people in North America each year. The functional consequences of an acute SCI are variable; therefore, the initial clinical presentation of patients with an acute SCI is a key factor in determining triage, defining therapy, and predicting prognosis. The patient must be assessed with an accurate, consistent, and reproducible neu...
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PURPOSE OF THE STUDY Progressive myelopathy secondary to stenosis of the spinal canal is generally treated by surgery. Results of surgical decompression are generally good but the pattern of neurological recovery has not been studied. We followed a cohort of patients who underwent cervical cord decompression to study the course of neurological recovery. MATERIAL AND METHODS The study cohort i...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Spinal Cord
سال: 1989
ISSN: 1362-4393,1476-5624
DOI: 10.1038/sc.1989.34