Spinal Cord Laceration Definition

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Spinal Cord Laceration: Penetrating and non-penetrating injuries to the spinal cord resulting from traumatic external forces (e.g., WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; WHIPLASH INJURIES; etc.).

Synonym: spinal cord trauma, spinal cord transection, spinal cord injury, spinal cord contusion, traumatic myelopathy, post-traumatic myelopathy.