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Trauma and Paraplegia

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This chapter deals with traumatic injury to the thoracic and upper lumbar regions, which results in paraplegia when the neural elements are involved. The anatomy and biomechanics of the upper/mid thoracic (T2-T10) and thoracolumbar junction (T11-L3) are different, and will be discussed below in the Anatomy section.

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  1. Department of Neurology, Royal Preston Hospital, Sharoe Green Lane, Preston, PR2 4HT, UK

    Edmund Critchley DM, FRCP

  2. Vancouver General Hospital, 855 West 12th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 1M9, Canada

    Andrew Eisen MD, FRCP(C)

  3. Neurology Department, The London Hospital, Whitechapel, London, E1 1BB, UK

    Michael Swash MD, FRCP, MRCPath

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Lee, T.T., Green, B.A. (1997). Trauma and Paraplegia. In: Critchley, E., Eisen, A., Swash, M. (eds) Spinal Cord Disease. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0569-5_31

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