Paraplegia
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Fifty-one cases of cervical spinal cord injury were reviewed. The importance of the immediate comprehensive care after onset may be achieved successfully even in a General Traumatology Centre. ⋯ Mortality related to the spinal cord injury is 7.8 per cent. The methods used and our development are based on principles established by Sir Ludwig Guttmann; they have been shown to be durable and important.
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Biography Historical Article
'Let us now praise famous men' (Ludwig Guttmann).
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This paper presents the results of a study on the pathological changes associated with post traumatic central spinal cord necrosis.
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An increased venous capacity and a decreased myocardial contractility can be expected in patients with an acute spinal cord lesion at or above T6. Both factors may contribute to a high incidence of arterial hypotension and pulmonary oedema in these patients especially during anaesthesia. ⋯ V. P. measurement and is particularly useful in patients with a sympathectomy secondary to spinal cord trauma.