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What Are The Long-term Repercussions Of Replacing A Bone From Foot In The Vertebrae?
If a 15 yr old looses his C5 Vertibrae in a diving accident and it is replaced by a bone from his foot - what are the likely short and long term reprocussions of this. He also has not a broken spine but a compressed and swollen spine from the accident that happened 3 weeks ago. He has been paralyized but has regained feeling in his toes, feet, knees, can feel urinating, passing stool and farting, can feel his shoulder and move one hand and his eyes.
Fri, 2 May 2014
The foot should do just fine post replacement. But he obviously has some level of spinal cord injury. His ultimate functional level will likely be determined by where he is at functionally/neurologically at about the 12 week mark. So, he should be a part of a good Spinal Cord Rehabilitation program to maximize his recovery.
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