UPDATE ON SPINAL CORD PARALYSIS. A PREVENTABLE INJURY, A SURGICAL CHALLENGE?
- 1 July 1991
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Anz Journal of Surgery
- Vol. 61 (7), 478-481
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1445-2197.1991.tb00272.x
Abstract
Spinal cord injuries will not disappear, but the incidence can be reduced. A reduction of up to 50% of spinal cord injury cases is, in the opinion of Menzies' seminar participants, practical and possible but will only occur if the subject is accepted as a major challenge in the surgical world. Great advances in spinal cord injury care were made by surgeons. Prevention is a programme already targeted in other surgical areas. As a multidisciplinary medical and surgical area, spinal cord injury prevention now needs the effective activity of groups of health professionals. Primary prevention must therefore be a target for surgical communities. Surgeons should be among the leaders in the field ensuring good overall management of prevention programmes.Keywords
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