Recent advances in the management of spinal injuries with paralysis.

In the last decade, by application of detailed methods of care, the previously accepted complications of urinary infection, pressure sores and motor skeletal problems of contractures and spasm, have largely been eliminated from the clinical picture of patients with spinal paralysis. Many professionals in medicine have contributed to these advances. Long-term or extended care in the area of tetraplegia and paraplegia need further stimulation, with continued application of all those methods used in acute rehabilitation in properly organized spinal units.