Musculoskeletal · UKMLA & AKT
Spinal cord injury
A free high-yield preview for the UKMLA Applied Knowledge Test, covering how to recognise this condition. The full SA Note notes add investigations, management and complications, with practice questions on this topic.
Key high-yield points
- Spinal cord injury (SCI) - trauma or non-traumatic pathology causing motor, sensory, and autonomic dysfunction below the level of injury
- Cervical spine most commonly injured (50-60% of traumatic SCI); males ~80% of cases
- Cord extends to conus medullaris at L1-L2; below this = cauda equina (LMN lesion, not cord)
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