Commentary Open Access
Volume 7 | Issue 1 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.33696/rehabilitation.7.046
Spinal Cord Injury: Epidemiology, Spontaneous Recovery, and Surgical Reconstruction for the Physiatrist
Jacqueline M Ihnat1, Jayme Bertelli2, Elspeth JR Hill1,*
- 1Division of Plastic Surgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
- 2Governador Celso Ramos Hospital, Florianopolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil
Corresponding Author
Elspeth JR Hill, Elspeth.hill@yale.edu
Received Date: July 01, 2024
Accepted Date: January 09, 2025
Ihnat JM, Bertelli JA, EJR Hill. Spinal Cord Injury: Epidemiology, Spontaneous Recovery, and Surgical Reconstruction for the Physiatrist. J Phys Med Rehabil. 2025;7(1):9-13.
Copyright: © 2025 Ihnat JM, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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