Non-traumatic spinal emergencies include all those clinical situations that present with acute and/or rapidly progressive signs and symptoms of spinal cord-spinal nerve/root compromise. These can be a result of extrinsic spinal radiculomedullary compression or of intrinsic pathology. All of these conditions require rapid diagnostic analysis: the recognition of a compressive or expanding spinal cord-canal lesion makes it possible to determine a surgical solution, whereas its exclusion guides diagnosis and treatment in other directions. The main causes of non-traumatic acute and subacute myelopathic and/or radiculopathic syndromes are given in Table 1. © 2006 Springer Berlin Heidelberg.
Emergency imaging of the spine in the non-trauma patient / Polonara, G.; Bonetti, M. G.; Scarabino, T.; Salvolini, U.. - STAMPA. - (2006), pp. 337-367. [10.1007/3-540-29941-6_26]
Emergency imaging of the spine in the non-trauma patient
Polonara G.
Writing – Original Draft Preparation
;Salvolini U.
2006-01-01
Abstract
Non-traumatic spinal emergencies include all those clinical situations that present with acute and/or rapidly progressive signs and symptoms of spinal cord-spinal nerve/root compromise. These can be a result of extrinsic spinal radiculomedullary compression or of intrinsic pathology. All of these conditions require rapid diagnostic analysis: the recognition of a compressive or expanding spinal cord-canal lesion makes it possible to determine a surgical solution, whereas its exclusion guides diagnosis and treatment in other directions. The main causes of non-traumatic acute and subacute myelopathic and/or radiculopathic syndromes are given in Table 1. © 2006 Springer Berlin Heidelberg.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.