作者
Michael G Fehlings, Lindsay A Tetreault, Jefferson R Wilson, Bizhan Aarabi, Paul Anderson, Paul M Arnold, Darrel S Brodke, Anthony S Burns, Kazuhiro Chiba, Joseph R Dettori, Julio C Furlan, Gregory Hawryluk, Langston T Holly, Susan Howley, Tara Jeji, Sukhvinder Kalsi-Ryan, Mark Kotter, Shekar Kurpad, Ralph J Marino, Allan R Martin, Eric Massicotte, Geno Merli, James W Middleton, Hiroaki Nakashima, Narihito Nagoshi, Katherine Palmieri, Anoushka Singh, Andrea C Skelly, Eve C Tsai, Alexander Vaccaro, Albert Yee, James S Harrop
发表日期
2017/9
期刊
Global spine journal
卷号
7
期号
3_suppl
页码范围
195S-202S
出版商
Sage Publications
简介
Objective
To develop recommendations on the timing of surgical decompression in patients with traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) and central cord syndrome.
Methods
A systematic review of the literature was conducted to address key relevant questions. A multidisciplinary guideline development group used this information, along with their clinical expertise, to develop recommendations for the timing of surgical decompression in patients with SCI and central cord syndrome. Based on GRADE, a strong recommendation is worded as “we recommend,” whereas a weak recommendation is presented as “we suggest.”
Results
Conclusions from the systematic review included (1) isolated studies reported statistically significant and clinically important improvements following early decompression at 6 months and following discharge from inpatient rehabilitation; (2) in one study on acute central cord syndrome without …
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