Pursuing More Aggressive Timelines in the Surgical Treatment of Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury (TSCI): A Retrospective Cohort Study with Subgroup Analysis.

ABSTRACT: The optimal timing of surgical therapy for traumatic spinal cord injury (TSCI) remains unclear. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of "ultra-early" (<4 h) versus "early" (4-24 h) time from injury to surgery in terms of the likelihood of neurologic recovery. The effect of surgery on neurological recovery was investigated by comparing the assessed initial and final values of the American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) Impairment Scale (AIS). A post hoc analysis was performed to gain insight into different subgroup regeneration behaviors concerning neurological injury levels. Datasets from 69 cases with traumatic spinal cord injury were analyzed. Overall, 19/46 (41.3%) patients of the "ultra-early" cohort saw neurological recovery compared to 5/23 (21.7%) patients from the

SUBMITTER: Bock T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8703655 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature