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Despite advances in acute care and long term management, traumatic spinal cord injury remains a devastating and disabling event. This report describes the case of a second traumatic spinal cord injury in a previously rehabilitated and functionally independent paraplegic. Factors potentially associated with the second spinal cord injury in this patient include wheelchair use, previous spinal fusion, alcohol use and sensation-seeking behavior. These factors, which are common to many spinal cord injured patients, could potentially be risk factors for a second traumatic spinal injury.
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Sliwa, J., Chi Lim, A. & Roth, E. A second traumatic spinal cord injury: associated risk factors. Case report and review. Spinal Cord 30, 288–291 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1038/sc.1992.71
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/sc.1992.71