Early surgical decompression within 8 hours for traumatic spinal cord injury: Is it beneficial? A meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The aim of this study is to evaluate whether early (<8 h) surgical decompression is better in improving neurologic outcomes than late (≥8 h) surgical decompression for traumatic spinal cord injury (tSCI).

Methods

The various electronic databases were used to detect relevant articles published up until May 2016 that compared the outcomes of early versus late surgery for tSCI. Data searching, extraction, analysis, and quality assessment were performed according to Cochrane Collaboration guidelines. The results are presented as relative ratio (RR) for binary outcomes and mean difference (MD) for continuous outcomes with 95% confidence intervals (CIs).

Results

Seven studies were finally included in this meta-analysis. There were significant differences betwee

SUBMITTER: Lee DY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6136335 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature