The secondary injury

The secondary injury

Haemorrhage, oedema and ischaemia result in a biochemical cascade that causes the secondary injury . This may be accen tuated by hypotension, hypoxia, spinal instability and/or persistent compression of the neural elements. Management of spinal cord injury must focus on minimising secondary injury . Donald Munro , 1889–1973, established the first spinal cord unit in the USA at the Boston City Hospital, Boston, MD, USA. Sir Ludwig Guttmann , 1899–1980, considered by many to be the father of spinal cord medicine. He was a leading neurosurgeon in Germany , working at the Jewish Hospital in Breslau. He fled to England in 1939. Frederic Eugene Basil Foley , 1891–1966, urologist, Ancker Hospital, St Paul, MN, USA. Pathophysiology of spinal cord injury /uni25CF /uni25CF /uni25CF

The spinal cord contains various tracts that are topographically arranged Spinal cord injury involves both primary and secondary phases Therapeutic strategies are directed at reducing the secondary injury

The secondary injury

Haemorrhage, oedema and ischaemia result in a biochemical cascade that causes the secondary injury . This may be accen tuated by hypotension, hypoxia, spinal instability and/or persistent compression of the neural elements. Management of spinal cord injury must focus on minimising secondary injury . Donald Munro , 1889–1973, established the first spinal cord unit in the USA at the Boston City Hospital, Boston, MD, USA. Sir Ludwig Guttmann , 1899–1980, considered by many to be the father of spinal cord medicine. He was a leading neurosurgeon in Germany , working at the Jewish Hospital in Breslau. He fled to England in 1939. Frederic Eugene Basil Foley , 1891–1966, urologist, Ancker Hospital, St Paul, MN, USA. Pathophysiology of spinal cord injury /uni25CF /uni25CF /uni25CF

The spinal cord contains various tracts that are topographically arranged Spinal cord injury involves both primary and secondary phases Therapeutic strategies are directed at reducing the secondary injury

The secondary injury

Haemorrhage, oedema and ischaemia result in a biochemical cascade that causes the secondary injury . This may be accen tuated by hypotension, hypoxia, spinal instability and/or persistent compression of the neural elements. Management of spinal cord injury must focus on minimising secondary injury . Donald Munro , 1889–1973, established the first spinal cord unit in the USA at the Boston City Hospital, Boston, MD, USA. Sir Ludwig Guttmann , 1899–1980, considered by many to be the father of spinal cord medicine. He was a leading neurosurgeon in Germany , working at the Jewish Hospital in Breslau. He fled to England in 1939. Frederic Eugene Basil Foley , 1891–1966, urologist, Ancker Hospital, St Paul, MN, USA. Pathophysiology of spinal cord injury /uni25CF /uni25CF /uni25CF

The spinal cord contains various tracts that are topographically arranged Spinal cord injury involves both primary and secondary phases Therapeutic strategies are directed at reducing the secondary injury