Cervical third and fourth spinal cord injury treatment methods include drug treatment, surgical treatment and traction treatment.
1. Drug treatment: commonly used drugs include diuretics, vasoactive drugs, glucocorticoids and so on.
(1) Diuretics: such as mannitol and furosemide, which can promote the discharge of water from the body and reduce spinal cord edema.
(2) Vasoactive drugs: for example, dopamine, etc., can relieve vasospasm and prevent secondary ischemic necrosis of the spinal cord.
(3) Glucocorticoids: such as dexamethasone, which reduce spinal cord edema.
(4) Opioid painkillers: such as dizocin injection, etc., to reduce the patient’s pain.
2. Surgical treatment mainly includes debridement and internal fixation of fractures.
(1) Cleansing surgery is suitable for patients with open injury to the spinal cord, which can remove foreign matter from the trauma and prevent wound infection.
(2) Fracture internal fixation: to relieve spinal cord compression and prevent secondary damage.
3. In addition to the above methods, cranial traction can be performed to reduce the compression of vertebrae.
If cervical third and fourth spinal cord injury occurs, consult the doctor in time and standardize the treatment under the doctor’s guidance.