Who Recovers Independent Bowel Management During the First Year After a Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury?: A Case-Control Study
Conclusions
Recovering independent bowel management 1 yr after traumatic spinal cord injury was possible in 35% of patients despite impaired bowel functioning during the subacute phase. The total motor score measured 3 mos after injury could be useful for prognosticating potential for bowel functioning recovery because patients with total motor score lower than 42 are unlikely to recover.
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Upon completion of this article, the reader should be able to: (1) Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the course of recovery of independent bowel function after traumatic spinal cord injury; (2) Describe the vulnerable subset of patients who present impaired bowel function at 3 mos after injury despite having received specialized bowel rehabilitation; and (3) Predict with improved accuracy the level of bowel function reached in the chronic phase for patients who present with impaired bowel function at 3 mos after injury.
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Source: American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation - Category: Rehabilitation Tags: CME Article . 2022 Series . Number 4 Source Type: research
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