Sentence examples for compression of the spinal from inspiring English sources

Compression of the spinal column can lead to a loss of height.

Last year he had a major operation to address spinal stenosis, which causes painful compression of the spinal cord.

A prison doctor, Dr. Daniel Weinstock, ordered an M.R.I. and discovered that Mr. Black had a degenerative condition that causes compression of the spinal cord.

The vertebrae of the spine are wedge-shaped and flattened, and back deformity is common; compression of the spinal cord may occur if back deformity is severe.

He had a major operation last year for spinal stenosis, or compression of the spinal cord, and two follow-up surgeries, Mr. Gelb said he had canceled Tuesday's rehearsal, which was to have been the conductor's first day back, just the night before.

Acute compression of the spinal cord by a tumour requires rapid neurosurgical intervention.

Pathological fractures occur in 5% and compressions of the spinal cord in 10-15% of all patients [ 6].

Also, note the large soft-tissue mass (yellow arrows) extending in the spinal canal resulting in a compression of the thoracic spinal cord.

To electrophysiologically evaluate mechanisms underlying the enhanced locomotor function recovery in the mice transplanted with L1 overexpressing SENAs, we analyzed the reflex responses in C57BL/6J mice six weeks after compression injury of the spinal cord.

While compression injuries of the spinal cord occur as a result of a sustained force, crush injuries can result from slipped intervertebral discs, dislocation/fractures of the vertebrae, subluxation of the vertebrae during trauma, or spinal subdural hematomas and are known to produce larger and more diffuse areas of injury [ 3].

It is due to a chronic progressive compression of the cervical spinal cord (CSC) caused by degenerative disc disease, spondylosis or other degenerative pathology [46].