Spinal Cord Injuries — Flashcards

The symptoms of lumbar spinal stenosis are exacerbated when the lumbar spine is _____, and relieved when the lumbar spine is flexed

The final stage in Pott s paraplegia is _____.

The _____ classification is used for classification of thoracolumbar spinal injuries.

Early-onset paraplegia in spinal TB occurs when edema, abscess or _____ tissue causes spinal cord compression

Three-column injuries of the subaxial cervical spine with/without neurologic deficit are managed with _____

Spinal injuries are classified under which color during triage?

_____ #s of the vertebrae occur due to axial loading, characterised by loss of vertebral height anteriorly, with no loss of posterior vertebral height and no posterior ligamentous or bony injury.

Management of unstable vertebral compression fracture is with _____, especially for PLC disruption

_____ is much more dangerous in causing spinal damage than hyperflexion (Hyperflexion/hyperextension)

Number of bony prominences felt in gibbus is _____, and presents as a sharp posterior angulation