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Article: Data on spinal cord injury discussed by R. Abel and colleagues.
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- Biotech Week
- Article date:
- October 22, 2008
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According to recent research published in the journal Spinal Cord, "Retrospective study utilizing the standard patient data documentation of a spinal cord injury (SCI) unit. To examine the efficacy and outcome of posterior decompression and stabilization for metastatic cord compression."
"Orthopedic university hospital with large SCI unit. The 34 consecutive patients who had presented with symptoms of spinal cord compression due to metastatic disease and progressive neurologic deficit were treated using a uniform surgical approach (posterior decompression and stabilization). After surgery, all treatment options available in a full-featured SCI unit were applied ...