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Spinal cord lesion

MedGen UID:
488805
•Concept ID:
C0241224
•
Finding
Synonym: Spinal cord lesions
SNOMED CT: Lesion of spinal cord (1236751004)
 
HPO: HP:0100561

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Multidisciplinary management of people with spina bifida across the lifespan.
Koch VH, Lopes M, Furusawa E, Vaz K, Barroso U
Pediatr Nephrol 2024 Mar;39(3):681-697. Epub 2023 Jul 28 doi: 10.1007/s00467-023-06067-w. PMID: 37501019
Evidence-based guidelines on the therapeutic use of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS).
Lefaucheur JP, Antal A, Ayache SS, Benninger DH, Brunelin J, Cogiamanian F, Cotelli M, De Ridder D, Ferrucci R, Langguth B, Marangolo P, Mylius V, Nitsche MA, Padberg F, Palm U, Poulet E, Priori A, Rossi S, Schecklmann M, Vanneste S, Ziemann U, Garcia-Larrea L, Paulus W
Clin Neurophysiol 2017 Jan;128(1):56-92. Epub 2016 Oct 29 doi: 10.1016/j.clinph.2016.10.087. PMID: 27866120
Optimizing management after spinal cord lesion through integration of individual clinical expertise and best external evidence.
Wyndaele JJ
Spinal Cord 2009 Jul;47(7):507. doi: 10.1038/sc.2009.80. PMID: 19571813

Recent clinical studies

Therapy

Rituximab at lower dose for neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder: a multicenter, open-label, self-controlled, prospective follow-up study.
Zhao D, Ren K, Lu J, Liu Z, Li Z, Wu J, Xu Z, Wu S, Lei T, Ma C, Zhao S, Bai M, Li H, Guo J
Front Immunol 2023;14:1148632. Epub 2023 Aug 8 doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1148632. PMID: 37614240Free PMC Article
Evidence-based guidelines on the therapeutic use of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS).
Lefaucheur JP, Antal A, Ayache SS, Benninger DH, Brunelin J, Cogiamanian F, Cotelli M, De Ridder D, Ferrucci R, Langguth B, Marangolo P, Mylius V, Nitsche MA, Padberg F, Palm U, Poulet E, Priori A, Rossi S, Schecklmann M, Vanneste S, Ziemann U, Garcia-Larrea L, Paulus W
Clin Neurophysiol 2017 Jan;128(1):56-92. Epub 2016 Oct 29 doi: 10.1016/j.clinph.2016.10.087. PMID: 27866120
Spinal cord neurosarcoidosis.
Sohn M, Culver DA, Judson MA, Scott TF, Tavee J, Nozaki K
Am J Med Sci 2014 Mar;347(3):195-8. doi: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e3182808781. PMID: 23364469
Gene therapy, neurotrophic factors and spinal cord regeneration.
Blesch A, Fischer I, Tuszynski MH
Handb Clin Neurol 2012;109:563-74. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-444-52137-8.00035-8. PMID: 23098737
Exercise! Facts related to exercise in individuals with spinal cord lesion.
Wyndaele JJ
Spinal Cord 2010 May;48(5):355. doi: 10.1038/sc.2010.44. PMID: 20445574

Prognosis

MRI to differentiate multiple sclerosis, neuromyelitis optica, and myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody disease.
Carnero Contentti E, Okuda DT, Rojas JI, Chien C, Paul F, Alonso R
J Neuroimaging 2023 Sep-Oct;33(5):688-702. Epub 2023 Jun 15 doi: 10.1111/jon.13137. PMID: 37322542
Spinal Tractography as a Potential Prognostic Tool in Spinal Cord Injury: A Systematic Review.
Costanzo R, Brunasso L, Paolini F, Benigno UE, Porzio M, Giammalva GR, Gerardi RM, Umana GE, di Bonaventura R, Sturiale CL, Visocchi M, Iacopino DG, Maugeri R
World Neurosurg 2022 Aug;164:25-32. Epub 2022 Apr 29 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2022.04.103. PMID: 35500874
Natural history of spinal cavernous malformations.
Otten M, Mccormick P
Handb Clin Neurol 2017;143:233-239. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-444-63640-9.00022-9. PMID: 28552145
Exercise! Facts related to exercise in individuals with spinal cord lesion.
Wyndaele JJ
Spinal Cord 2010 May;48(5):355. doi: 10.1038/sc.2010.44. PMID: 20445574
Neuromyelitis optica.
Wingerchuk DM
Int MS J 2006 May;13(2):42-50. PMID: 16635421

Clinical prediction guides

Multidisciplinary management of people with spina bifida across the lifespan.
Koch VH, Lopes M, Furusawa E, Vaz K, Barroso U
Pediatr Nephrol 2024 Mar;39(3):681-697. Epub 2023 Jul 28 doi: 10.1007/s00467-023-06067-w. PMID: 37501019
MRI to differentiate multiple sclerosis, neuromyelitis optica, and myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody disease.
Carnero Contentti E, Okuda DT, Rojas JI, Chien C, Paul F, Alonso R
J Neuroimaging 2023 Sep-Oct;33(5):688-702. Epub 2023 Jun 15 doi: 10.1111/jon.13137. PMID: 37322542
Spinal Tractography as a Potential Prognostic Tool in Spinal Cord Injury: A Systematic Review.
Costanzo R, Brunasso L, Paolini F, Benigno UE, Porzio M, Giammalva GR, Gerardi RM, Umana GE, di Bonaventura R, Sturiale CL, Visocchi M, Iacopino DG, Maugeri R
World Neurosurg 2022 Aug;164:25-32. Epub 2022 Apr 29 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2022.04.103. PMID: 35500874
Spinal cord neurosarcoidosis.
Sohn M, Culver DA, Judson MA, Scott TF, Tavee J, Nozaki K
Am J Med Sci 2014 Mar;347(3):195-8. doi: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e3182808781. PMID: 23364469
A new age for rehabilitation.
Edgerton VR, Roy RR
Eur J Phys Rehabil Med 2012 Mar;48(1):99-109. Epub 2012 Mar 12 PMID: 22407010

Recent systematic reviews

Spinal Tractography as a Potential Prognostic Tool in Spinal Cord Injury: A Systematic Review.
Costanzo R, Brunasso L, Paolini F, Benigno UE, Porzio M, Giammalva GR, Gerardi RM, Umana GE, di Bonaventura R, Sturiale CL, Visocchi M, Iacopino DG, Maugeri R
World Neurosurg 2022 Aug;164:25-32. Epub 2022 Apr 29 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2022.04.103. PMID: 35500874
Cold pressor test in spinal cord injury-revisited.
Hubli M, Bolt D, Krassioukov AV
Spinal Cord 2018 Jun;56(6):528-537. Epub 2017 Dec 20 doi: 10.1038/s41393-017-0037-z. PMID: 29259348
Nature of the Non-traumatic Spinal Cord Injury Literature: A Systematic Review.
Clark JM, Marshall R
Top Spinal Cord Inj Rehabil 2017 Fall;23(4):353-367. doi: 10.1310/sci2304-353. PMID: 29339911Free PMC Article
Surgical outcomes and natural history of intramedullary spinal cord cavernous malformations: a single-center series and meta-analysis of individual patient data: Clinic article.
Badhiwala JH, Farrokhyar F, Alhazzani W, Yarascavitch B, Aref M, Algird A, Murty N, Kachur E, Cenic A, Reddy K, Almenawer SA
J Neurosurg Spine 2014 Oct;21(4):662-76. Epub 2014 Jul 25 doi: 10.3171/2014.6.SPINE13949. PMID: 25062285
Return to work following spinal cord injury: a review.
Lidal IB, Huynh TK, Biering-Sørensen F
Disabil Rehabil 2007 Sep 15;29(17):1341-75. doi: 10.1080/09638280701320839. PMID: 17729082

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