Chris J Neal, Beatrice Ugiliweneza, Elizabeth G Toups, Muhammad Abd-El-Barr, George Jimsheleishvili, Shekar N Kurpad, Bizhan Aarabi, James Shields Harrop, Christopher Shaffrey, Michael G Fehlings, Charles Tator, Robert Grossman, James Guest
Data supporting the benefits of early surgical intervention in acute spinal cord injury (SCI) is growing. For early surgery to be accomplished, understanding the causes of variabilities that effect the timing of surgery is needed to achieve this goal. The purpose of this analysis is to determine factors that affect the timing of surgery for acute cervical SCI within the North American Clinical Trials Network (NACTN) for SCI registry. Patients in the NACTN SCI registry from 2005 to 2019 with a cervical SCI, excluding Acute Traumatic Central Cord Syndrome, were analyzed for time elapsed from injury to arrival to the hospital, and time to surgery...
April 26, 2023: Journal of Neurotrauma