Spine Trauma Surgery In Delhi

Overview

Spine is a stack of bones (called vertebrae) protecting a tube inside called the spinal cord. This cord sends messages between your brain and the rest of your body, such as telling your legs to walk or your hands to grab something. Reaching a spine trauma surgeon in Delhi becomes important in such emergency cases.

A spinal cord injury (SCI) is when this tube gets hurt. This often happens because of blunt trauma, strong hit or twist, like bending too far forward, backward, getting squished, or twisted around. The tube can bleed and swell up in such cases, which stops blood and oxygen from getting to the nerves inside.

How it affects someone depends a lot on where the injury happened:

• If the signals are totally blocked below the injury spot, it's a complete injury. Nothing below that spot gets the message.
• If some sensation signals can still get through, it's an incomplete injury. Some things might still work or feel.
• An injury lower down, like below your chest, can make your legs weak or unable to move. This is called paraplegia.
• An injury in your neck can affect all four of your arms and legs, making them weak or unable to move. This is called quadriplegia.
• These injuries can mess up how you move, what you can feel, how your muscles react, and even controlling when you go to the toilet or poo. Muscles might get really tight and jumpy, or they might be floppy.

Right after an injury, helpers need to be really quick.

• Keep the spine from moving to prevent more harm.
• Make sure the person can breathe.
• Watch for dangerous problems like a type of shock called neurogenic shock, where the heart rate and blood pressure get too low.
• They also watch for something scary called autonomic dysreflexia, which is when blood pressure shoots up super high. If this happens, the most important first step is to sit the person up.

To figure out exactly what's wrong, doctors use scans:

• X-rays to show the bones.
• CT scans to delve deeper into the bones.
• MRI scans for the spinal cord and disks.

Often, surgery is needed to take out broken bone pieces that are pushing on the spinal cord or to make the spine strong and stable.

The world is moving on to newer ways for spine surgery called minimally invasive surgery (MISS). These use smaller cuts than traditional open surgery ensuring less bleeding, shorter time in the hospital, and a lower chance of an infection.

These surgeries are harder to do and need experience from the surgeon as it's harder to see inside.

Getting better after an SCI involves lots of rehabilitation. A team of helpers like physical therapists work with the person. They help make muscles stronger and teach new ways to do everyday tasks.

How much someone recovers can be different for everyone and often depends on how bad the injury was and where it was located. Recovery usually happens in the initial six months, however, it may take up to a year or two for complete recovery. No doubt it’s a difficult phase in the patient’s life. Talking to people who are suffering from spinal cord injuries may help.

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