spinal cord compression in a sentence
Examples
- Rapid identification and intervention of malignant spinal tumors, often causing spinal cord compression, is key to maintaining quality of life in patients.
- In breast cancer patients, the drug can also help prevent and treat complications including bone pain and spinal cord compression, the company said.
- Some believe that as Alexander fell ill in his final days, he suffered from progressive epidural spinal cord compression, which left him quadriplegic.
- The median survival of patients with metastatic spinal cord compression is about 12 weeks, reflecting the generally advanced nature of the underlying malignant disease.
- Weakness in the legs or loss of bowel or bladder control in the presence of thoracic spine pain can indicate spinal cord compression and should be investigated.
- The drug, sold as Aredia, significantly reduced bone fractures, the need for surgery on the bones and spinal cord compression, according to the study, financed by Ciba-Geigy.
- Although suffering in 2012 from spinal cord compression due to prostate cancer, Murphy appeared in Glasgow Citizens Theatre's production of " Krapp's Last Tape " by Samuel Beckett.
- In many cases, magnetic resonance imaging of the spinal cord is performed to distinguish between Guillain Barr?syndrome and other conditions causing limb weakness, such as spinal cord compression.
- Clinical flare is a phenomenon that occurs in patients with advanced disease, which can precipitate a range of clinical symptoms such as bone pain, urethral obstruction, and spinal cord compression.
- The management of spinal cord metastasis depends on whether or not the metastasis is causing epidural spinal cord compression as well as the overall status of the patient's systemic cancer.