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What's Spinal cord injury

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Susanna Eichmann

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5y ago
Updated: 4/22/2021

A spinal contusion or bruise.Spinal compression. Lacerations.Spinal transection.Most spinal cord injuries involve two or more of these types of damage. The typical patient.is.injured in a motor vehicle accident (about 50% of all SCIs).

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