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Abstract
The aims, objectives and results of the Madras Paraplegia Project at the Government General Hospital, Madras is presented. Eight hundred and forty four Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) patients have been treated in 8 years and 4 months. The Madras Model offers an alternative strategy for the total care of SCI patients. The merits and drawbacks are highlighted. The results to date commend replication of the model in areas of the world where the services for SCI Care are meagre or non-existent.Entities:
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Year: 1988 PMID: 3353120 DOI: 10.1038/sc.1988.4
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Paraplegia ISSN: 0031-1758