Tag Peter Winningham

The mortality rate of spine-related trauma in children is higher than in adults and is estimated at 25% to 32%. Fortunately, children with incomplete neurologic lesions fare better than adults, with up to 90% having partial recovery and 60% having…

Embryology The spinal cord forms in three stages beginning in the third gestational week. The first stage, neurulation, involves progression from neural plate to neural tube. The notochord becomes the nucleus pulposus of the intervertebral disks. The second stage, canalization,…