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Spinal Cord Injury Explained

Posted on January 10 2010  by Graham

Injury to the spinal cord can be caused by acute (sudden) or chronic (developing) trauma as well as medical conditions. Frequent causes of chronic compression injuries are herniated intervertebral disks and primary or secondary tumors. Compromised blood perfusion, the delivery of nutritive arterial blood to capillary bed as in anterior spinal cord syndrome can also be severely detrimental to…