Spontaneous spinal cord infarctions: a systematic review and pooled analysis protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Spinal cord infarction (SCInf) is a rare ischaemic event that manifests with acute neurological deficits. It is typically classified as either spontaneous, defined as SCInf without any inciting event, or periprocedural, which typically occur in conjunction with vascular surgery with aortic manipulations. While periprocedural SCInf has recently been the subject of intensified research, especially focusing on the primary prevention of this complication, spontaneous SCInf remains less studied.

Methods and analysis

Electronic databases, including PubMed, Web of Science and Embase, will be searched using the keywords "spinal cord", "infarction", "ischemia" and "spontaneous". The search will be set to provide only English studies published from database inception. Edi

SUBMITTER: El-Hajj VG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10314618 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature