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Spinal cord compression is a emergency condition that needs immediate treatment. If left untreated it leads to permanent damage to nerve roots and paralysis. | Spinal cord compression is a emergency condition that needs immediate treatment. If left untreated it leads to permanent damage to nerve roots and paralysis. Complications that can develop as a result of spinal cord compression include pressure ulcers, deep vein thrombosis, urinary tract infections, MRSA infection, pulmonary embolism. | ||
==Natural History== | ==Natural History== |
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] ; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Aditya Ganti M.B.B.S. [2]
Overview
Spinal cord compression is a emergency condition that needs immediate treatment. If left untreated it leads to permanent damage to nerve roots and paralysis. Complications that can develop as a result of spinal cord compression include pressure ulcers, deep vein thrombosis, urinary tract infections, MRSA infection, pulmonary embolism.
Natural History
Spinal cord compression is a emergency condition that needs immediate treatment. If left untreated it leads to permanent damage to nerve roots and paralysis.
Complications
Complications that can develop as a result of spinal cord compression include:
- Pressure ulcers
- Deep vein thrombosis
- Urinary tract infections
- MRSA infection
- Pulmonary embolism
Prognosis
- The factors that determine the prognosis of an acute spinal cord compression depends upon
- Type of compression
- Degree of paralysis
- Sensory preservation
- Time of presentation
- Prognosis is poor if its complete, quadriparesis and with no sensory preservation. Recovery is <5%.
- The mortality rate 1 year after injury in patients with complete lesions can be 100%.
- On the contrary, the prognosis is much better for the incomplete cord syndromes with some preserved sensory function. Recovery is >50%.