General Physician, Corporacion Universitaria Remington, Medellin, Colombia
Review Article
Multidisciplinary Approach in the Treatment of Patients with Spinal Injuries
Author(s): Angel Fabian Leon Chavez, Eucaris David Graciano, Jairo Alejandro Alonso Bonilla, Luisa Fernanda Ospina Caro, Oswaldo Pérez Cabra and Juan Felipe Villegas Lora
A traumatic injury to the spine has consequences on the patient's neurological status that may be irreversible. Its most frequent causes address different reasons, the main cause being automobile accidents, which lead to the combination of primary and secondary mechanisms that give the development of the pathophysiology of spinal cord injury. Therefore, the approach of a multidisciplinary approach is of vital importance for the treatment of a patient with a spinal cord injury in which pharmacological, surgical and physiotherapeutic aspects are considered relevant, carried out by a group of specialists with the aim of comply with a good management of patients in this condition. Therefore, it is important to recognize the different aspects that make up the treatment in order to present changes at the musculoskeletal level that improve the patient's quality of life in the long te.. View More»
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