COMPARATIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF MORPHOMETRIC PARAMETERS OF THE SMALL INTESTINE IN SPINAL CORD INJURIES

Abstract

Spinal cord injury (SCI) represents a devastating neurotraumatic event associated with complex systemic pathomorphological cascades that extend far beyond skeletal and motor deficits. Among secondary visceral complications, post-traumatic neurogenic bowel dysfunction and systemic autonomic dysregulation exert a profound disruptive effect on the gastrointestinal tract. The loss of supraspinal autonomic control, combined with acute hemodynamic instability, precipitates visceral ischemia, altered vascular permeability, and structural intestinal wall breakdown.