Traumatic spinal cord injury - Nature Reviews Disease Primers
2017年4月27日 · Traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) has devastating consequences for the physical, social and vocational well-being of patients. The demographic of SCIs is shifting such that an increasing...
Spinal cord injury - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic
2024年8月17日 · A spinal cord injury involves damage to any part of the spinal cord. It also can include damage to nerves at the end of the spinal cord, known as the cauda equina. The spinal cord sends and receives signals between the brain and the rest of the body.
Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) - EMCrit Project
2022年6月22日 · About half of patients with spinal cord injury also have traumatic brain injury. Primary injury results from direct mechanical trauma at the time of injury (e.g., shearing of neurons). This is generally irreversible.
Traumatic spinal cord injury - PubMed
2017年4月27日 · Traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) has devastating consequences for the physical, social and vocational well-being of patients. The demographic of SCIs is shifting such that an increasing proportion of older individuals are being affected.
Spinal Cord Injuries - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf
2024年3月10日 · Spinal cord injuries (SCIs) are complex medical conditions resulting from spinal cord damage, often caused by trauma, as in motor vehicular crashes and falls, and nontraumatic etiologies like malignancy and degeneration. Spinal cord lesions may result in severe morbidity and permanent disability.
Spinal Cord Injury: Causes, Symptoms, Treatment & Types - Cleveland Clinic
Trauma-related spinal cord injury. You should always act cautiously and do everything possible to prevent further spinal cord damage or other injuries. People without proper training and qualifications shouldn’t move someone with a possible SCI.
Spinal Cord Injury - National Institute of Neurological Disorders …
A spinal cord injury (SCI) is damage to the bundle of nerves and nerve fibers that sends and receives signals from the brain. SCI can be caused by direct injury to the spinal cord itself or from damage to the tissue and bones (vertebrae) that surround the spinal cord.
Spinal cord injury - World Health Organization (WHO)
2024年4月16日 · The term spinal cord injury (SCI) refers to damage to the spinal cord resulting from trauma (e.g. from falls and road traffic injuries) or non-traumatic causes like tumors, degenerative and vascular conditions, infections, toxins or birth defects.
Spinal Trauma and Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) - Diseases of the …
2020年2月15日 · The majority of injuries to the spinal cord (85%) occur at the time of trauma, whereas in a minority of cases (5–10%) the spinal cord injury occurs in the immediate post-injury period (Rogers, J Bone Joint Surg 39:341–351, 1957).
Acute Spinal Cord Injury - Johns Hopkins Medicine
Acute spinal cord injury (SCI) is a traumatic injury that bruises, partially, or completely tears the spinal cord. SCI is a common cause of permanent disability and death in children and adults. What causes an acute SCI?