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Your doctor is the one to ask. If you mean bone breaking, very serious. Perhaps paralysis.
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Debora Mancuso
Debora Mancuso
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Do you need surgery if you have a disc flattening your spinal cord?
yes, certainly.
What is the spinal condition where spinal cord grows and tightens the spinal cord?
Tethered Spinal Cord is a condition where the spinal cord is attached to the spinal column and that causes the cord to become stretched.
What is thecal sac flattening?
Thecal sac flattening occurs when a herniated disc has into the spinal canal that it is pushing on the thecal sac. The thecal sac is the membrane of dura mater that surrounds the spinal cord and the cauda equina.
For what spinal cord disorders is laminectomy prescribed?
Laminectomy is used for metastatic tumor invasion of the spinal cord (which causes compression), and for narrowing of the spinal cord (a condition called spinal stenosis.)
What causes CSF to move up the spinal cord?
the signal cord
What is anterior cord flattening?
anterior cord flattening at T-7-8 can you tell me what this means
What is spinal mendenjidas?
spinal MENINGITIS is a bacterial disease that attacks the spinal cord. it causes inflammation of the membranes enclosing the spinal cord. it is especially fatal in infants and young children.
Does Multiple Sclerosis causes lesions in the spinal cord?
yes
What happens if the spinal cord is severed in a car crash?
To sever the spinal cord causes paralysis of the body below (farther from the head) the point at which the cord is severed.
What organ protects the spinal cord?
Your vertebral column protects the spinal cord. Vertebral column is supported by strong ligaments. Most importantly the muscle tone is there, which act on vertebral column, to protect your spinal cord.
What condition causes patchy demyelination in the brain and spinal cord?
Multiple Sclerosis.
What are possible causes of monomelic amyotrophy?
Viral infection, vascular insufficiency of the spinal cord, heavy physical activity, radiation injury, traumatic injury, and atrophy of the spinal cord--have been suggested as possible causes of MMA.
