| Abstract: | Recent medical advances have greatly improved the prognosisfor people who sustain spinal cord injury (about 10000 peopleinitially survive spinal cord injury each year in the US). Physiciansmay become involved with the acute care of spinal cord injuredpersons or care for complications which develop later. Certainconditions such as heterotopic bone formation and autonomicdysreflexia are seen almost exclusively in this group of patients;other complications such as urinary tract and soft tissue infectionsoccur quite often. Common medical complications of spinal cordinjured persons are reviewed, as well as their diagnosis andtreatment. |
