
Spinal cord compression: an update on diagnosis and management
BMJ Best Practice Podcast
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What Causes Spinal Cord Compression?
As we get older, our spine simply ages and as it does, it gets itself into some trouble that we'll deal with. The easiest one to remember pretty much across the board for spinal cord compression is ageism. So you avoid further compromise to the cord or even starting to compromise. That's trauma. We can come back to it if you like, but in a traumatic, now we have a problem. There is the risk factors and those different things that we'll try to deal with them quickly.
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