Early versus Delayed Decompression for Traumatic Cervical Spinal Cord Injury: Results of the Surgical Timing in Acute Spinal Cord Injury Study (STASCIS)

Fehlings, Michael G.; Vaccaro, Alexander R.; Wilson, Jefferson R.; Singh, Anoushka; Cadotte, David W.; Harrop, James S.; Aarabi, Bizhan; Shaffrey, Christopher I.; Dvorak, Marcel F.; Fisher, Charles G.; Arnold, Paul M.; Massicotte, Eric M.; Lewis, Stephen J.; Rampersaud, Raja

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0032037

articlePLoS ONEFeb 23, 2012GOLD OA

Early versus Delayed Decompression for Traumatic Cervical Spinal Cord Injury: Results of the Surgical Timing in Acute Spinal Cord Injury Study (STASCIS)

MGMichael G. Fehlings ARAlexander R. Vaccaro JRJefferson R. Wilson ASAnoushka Singh DWDavid W. Cadotte

University of Toronto · Thomas Jefferson University · +4 more institutions

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BACKGROUND: There is convincing preclinical evidence that early decompression in the setting of spinal cord injury (SCI) improves neurologic outcomes. However, the effect of early surgical decompression in patients with acute SCI remains uncertain. Our objective was to evaluate the relative effectiveness of early (

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Medicine
Spinal cord injury
Surgery
Decompression
Odds ratio
Prospective cohort study
Spinal cord
Cervical vertebrae

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