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Orthopedic Essentials - Spinal Trauma and Spine Classification 
DENIS THREE COLUMN CONCEPT
Anterior column:
Trauma and Spine ... deformity or neurologic ... 2 Complete cord ... #Fracture #Trauma ... #Orthopedics #diagnosis
Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
Acute Spinal Cord ... Mixed upper and lower ... #Syndromes #diagnosis ... signs #symptoms #msk ... #orthopedics #neurology
Incomplete Spinal Cord Syndromes
Anterior Cord Syndrome:
 • Bilateral loss of motor, pain and temperature sensation below
Incomplete Spinal ... affected more than lower ... • Penetrating trauma ... SpinalCord #Syndromes #Diagnosis ... #Neurology
Reflex Testing - Causes of Hyporeflexia and Hyperreflexia
Focal Hyporeflexia: 
 • Radiculopathy, Mononeuropathy, Polyneuropathy, Acute stroke,
cord injury Generalized ... cord injury, Early ... Testing #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #table ... #neurology
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
cord injury. ... Weakness - Lower ... cord injury - ... Vertebral burst fracture ... #diagnosis #neurology
Causes of Low Back Pain - Differential Diagnosis
Intrinsic Spine: Lumbar strain, Herniated nucleus pulposus, Compression fracture,
Diagnosis Intrinsic ... pulposus, Compression fracture ... cholecystitis; • Neurologic ... BrighamChiefs #Lower ... #primarycare #msk
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Neuromuscular Weakness • Spinal ... Cord: Demyelinating ... Motor Nerves: ALS ... Phrenic nerve injury ... #diagnosis #neurology
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
Spinal Cord Disorders ... - Differential ... Spinal cord ... compression by fractured ... #neurology #differential
Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
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neoplasms • trauma ... Diagnosis: • ... Spinal cord infarct ... Imaging studies: • MRI ... #neurology
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Presentation: Injury ... to the spinal cord ... spinal MRI • ... of the spinal cord ... #differential