Technology in the Management of Spinal Cord Injuries

Injury to the spinal cord is catastrophic and usually permanent. Whereas other injured tissues, such as bone, skin, blood vessels and peripheral nerves, are capable of being repaired and resuming near normal function, such is not the case with the spinal cord. Thus far, all attempts to repair the cord using every conceivable technique has ended in failure. The physician and other members of the treatment team involved with a patient with spinal cord injury, must deal with permanent, long-term consequences of the injury.