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Virginia Commonwealth University

1976

Neurology; Stoneburner Lecture Series; Lower Spinal Region; Case Reports; Metabolic Disorders; Vascular Disorders; Tumorous Disorders; Infectious Disorders

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Uncommon Disorders Of The Lower Spinal Region A Report On Eleven Patients, John B. Selhorst Jan 1976

Uncommon Disorders Of The Lower Spinal Region A Report On Eleven Patients, John B. Selhorst

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

Prompt diagnosis of lower spinal diseases is essential for successful treatment. Appropriate medical therapy or surgical decompression arrests progression and reverses existing neurologic deficit. Delayed or improper diagnosis seriously jeopardizes the patient’s ultimate neurologic status. Too often early symptoms are disregarded or passed over as insignificant.