Our spinal cord which binds our back and makes possible for us to walk
straight,would not get affected by ordinary injuries.It is only when
there are violent car crashes,a person falls from height or their are
gun shot injuries that an injury to Spinal cord happens.And when this
happens it can really be a question of life and death.Even if the person
survives,there is a possibility that the person may remain paralytic
all throughout life.It is indeed more tragic if it happens
to someone in prime of life.Faced with such situations,we Doctors go
into unchartered territory of treatment with the sole objective of
providing the affected person a chance to lead a better quality
life.Here will share a case of young girl who suffered gun shot
injuries.The girl was in early 20's.Seeing this the treating Spine
surgeon tried stem cell therapy,which worked,with the girl able to
recover to a large extent.But it is quite possible that it might not
have worked.So as surgeons we have very difficult choices to make with
very low scope for error.My objective of writing this is to make people
understand the surgeons predicament before they form or express an
opinion on them.
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