Jabbour Pascal, Fehlings Michael, Vaccaro Alexander R, Harrop James S
Department of Neurological and Orthopaedic Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107, USA.
Neurosurg Focus. 2008;25(5):E16. doi: 10.3171/FOC.2008.25.11.E16.
In this paper the authors review spine trauma and spinal cord injury (SCI) in the geriatric population. The information in this study was compiled through a literature review of clinical presentation and management of SCI in the elderly population. This was done to define, identify, and specify treatment algorithms and management strategies in this unique patient population.
在本文中,作者回顾了老年人群中的脊柱创伤和脊髓损伤(SCI)。本研究中的信息是通过对老年人群SCI的临床表现和治疗方法进行文献综述而汇编的。这样做是为了定义、识别并明确针对这一特殊患者群体的治疗方案和管理策略。