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Rotator Cuff Lesion in Wheelchair Users with Spinal Cord Injury: Does Time of Injury and Medullary Level Interfere? A Retrospective Evaluation

Abstract Objective To describe magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) characteristics of shoulders from patients with spinal cord injury (SCI) and to correlate these findings with age, duration of SCI and neurological level. Method The study sample included patients with thoracic SCI over 18 years of age, wh...

Spinal Cord Injuries – When Is the Initial Tomography Insufficient?

Arq. bras. neurocir; 39 (4), 2020
Introduction Spinal cord injury (SCI) is common in polytrauma patients. The standard exam for the initial evaluation is computed tomography (CT), due to its higher sensitivity and specificity when compared with plain radiographs. However, CT is insufficient for themanagement of some cases, especially to ...

Traumatismo raquimedular (TRM): revisión bibliográfica

Rev. Méd. Clín. Condes; 31 (5/6), 2020
La complejidad del traumatismo raquimedular (TRM) y su impacto en la vida futura de los pacientes hace necesario actualizar constantemente los protocolos de su manejo. La fisiopatología del TRM hace que la atención prehospitalaria y hospitalaria influyan en su evolución y por lo tanto, también en el ...