Source: Wikimedia Commons and Jubair1985

Spinal cord injuries (SCI), as most spine surgeons know, are less about the first hit and more about the aftershocks.

That secondary wave โ€” neuroinflammation, oxidative chaos, and neuron self-destruction โ€” can turn a focal injury into a neurological apocalypse.


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