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Spinal Cord Compression
Neurosurgery · Neurological
Severe
Severity
Uncommon overall but a recognized emergency complication of several common conditions including cancer and severe degenerative spine disease
Prevalence
No
Contagious
Neurosurgery
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💊Treatment Options
- 1Emergency cases
- 2particularly from trauma or rapidly progressive tumour compression
- 3require urgent surgical decompression to relieve pressure on the spinal cord and prevent permanent damage
- 4often combined with corticosteroids to reduce swelling. Chronic degenerative compression is managed with physical therapy
- 5pain control
- 6and surgery such as laminectomy or discectomy if symptoms are significant or progressive. Treatment of the underlying cause
- 7such as radiation or chemotherapy for tumour-related compression
- 8is essential alongside decompression.
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