scholarly journals Does There Exist a Hope to Provide an Effective Treatment for Complete Spinal Cord Injury?

2021 ◽  
Vol In Press (In Press) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zahid Hussain Khan ◽  
Shahram Samadi
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Spinal Cord Injury ◽  
Effective Treatment ◽  
Cord Injury ◽  
Complete Spinal Cord Injury

Cordectomy for the treatment of posttraumatic syringomyelia

2006 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 174-178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adrian W. Laxton ◽  
Richard G. Perrin
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Spinal Cord Injury ◽  
Surgical Treatment ◽  
Effective Treatment ◽  
Spinal Cord Injuries ◽  
Effective Treatment Option ◽  
Neurological Improvement ◽  
Cord Injury ◽  
Posttraumatic Syringomyelia ◽  
Complete Spinal Cord Injury

✓Cordectomy is an effective treatment option in patients in whom posttraumatic syringomyelia develops following complete spinal cord injuries. Since the introduction of cordectomy, numerous approaches to the surgical treatment of posttraumatic syringomyelia have been developed. These newer developments have drawn the attention of surgeons and researchers away from cordectomy. In this report, the authors encourage a reconsideration of cordectomy for the treatment of posttraumatic syringomyelia after complete spinal cord injury. They describe four patients with posttraumatic syringomyelia who were treated successfully with cordectomy and review appropriate literature, examining the effectiveness of cordectomy in the treatment of posttraumatic syringomyelia. The findings of this review indicate that neurological improvement or stabilization occurred in 88% of patients in published reports of posttraumatic syringomyelia treated with cordectomy. The indications for cordectomy as well as factors that may contribute to the procedure’s success are discussed.

Subacute posttraumatic ascending myelopathy in a 15-year-old boy

2014 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 454-457 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy J. Kovanda ◽  
Eric M. Horn
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Spinal Cord Injury ◽  
Rare Event ◽  
Fracture Dislocation ◽  
Secondary Injury ◽  
Spinal Cord Trauma ◽  
Rare Occurrence ◽  
Time Period ◽  
Cord Injury ◽  
Complete Spinal Cord Injury

Secondary injury following initial spinal cord trauma is uncommon and frequently attributed to mismanagement of an unprotected cord in the acute time period after injury. Subacute posttraumatic ascending myelopathy (SPAM) is a rare occurrence in the days to weeks following an initial spinal cord injury that is unrelated to manipulation of an unprotected cord and involves 4 or more vertebral levels above the original injury. The authors present a case of SPAM occurring in a 15-year-old boy who sustained a T3–4 fracture-dislocation resulting in a complete spinal cord injury, and they highlight the imaging findings and optimum treatment for this rare event.

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