Spinal Cord Injury

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Document site of injury:
- Specific vertebral segment injured, for example, L3
Document type of injury, for example:
- Compression and edema
- Complete lesion
- Incomplete Lesion with central or anterior cord syndrome
- Brown-Sequard’s paralysis syndrome
Document associated plegia and/or paresis

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May 17, 2015

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