Abstract

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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