By Tricitynews Reporter
Chandigarh
06th December:- Rehabilitation
of the spinal cord injured individuals is far one of the most challenging
fields for the rehabilitation experts. Till today, there is very little to
claim as a panacea for the spinal cord injury or regeneration of the damaged
spinal cord. However the researchers all over the world find great hope in stem
cell therapy (SCT) and it has been proved beyond doubt that the results with
SCT coupled with good comprehensive rehabilitation is better than just giving
SCT. Therefore, the rehabilitation is being given a better facelift by SCT.
Dr
Alok Sharma Professor & Head of Neurosurgery, LTMG Hospital & LTM
Medical College, Sion Mumbai and Director NeuroGen Brain & Spine
Institute said that spinal Cord Injury affects the
person’s functional independence and has a major impact on quality of life,
sense of self worth and consequential social participation. Whilst it is
generally expected that the degree of functional independence achievable is
dependent on a person’s spinal cord injury level, a person’s neurological level
should not be viewed as strictly predictive but rather as indicative of
potential function.
Spinal Cord injury occurs after
road traffic accidents, railway accidents, falls from heights and sports
injuries. It affects 25 out of every 10 lakh people. The consequences of spinal
cord injury, whether it is paraplegia or quadriplegia, are severe and
crippling.
Dr
Nandini Gokulchandran, Deputy Director and Head Medical Services, NeuroGen
Brain and Spine Institute said that it has been a long standing belief
that patients with paraplegia and quadriplegia following spinal cord injury
(SCI) will remain wheelchair bound or bedridden for the rest of their lives.
The medical community has always felt devoid of a tool to make these patients
walk again. But, now with the emerging era of stem cell therapy we can make a
difference in the quality of life of these patients and help them get back to
their feet once again.
Here is a case report of Rakesh
Singh, 32-year-old male and a known case of complete traumatic SCI (Spinal Cord
Injury) at the level D8-L1 with bowel and bladder involvement. Six years ago in
the year 2011, he fell from the balcony while sleeping injuring his spinal cord
thereby causing loss of sensations below the waist. He was immediately
admitted at a hospital in Amritsar and was operated. After 8
days, he got discharged and started physiotherapy at home. Gradually he
regained independent sitting in 6 months. In 2014, he got sacral
sore, which got healed in 6-7 months.
Patient Rakesh Singh that physiotherapy
was stopped 2 years ago due to a fracture in his left thigh. At that
time, he was unable to walk or stand independently, had no sensations below the
waist and no bowel/bladder control. Was partially dependent for his
everyday living activities (ADLs). The most difficult part was he had
become non ambulatory.
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