Effect of early vs delayed surgical treatment on motor recovery in incomplete cervical spinal cord injury with preexisting cervical stenosis: a randomized clinical trial

H Chikuda, Y Koyama, Y Matsubayashi… - JAMA network …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The optimal management for acute traumatic cervical spinal cord injury (SCI) is
unknown. Objective To determine whether early surgical decompression results in better …

The Number of organ system injuries is a predictor of intrahospital mortality in complete cervical spinal cord injury

AA Reyes, RJ Hurlbert, TM Dumont, WL Ramey - World neurosurgery, 2022 - Elsevier
Objective We sought to determine the extent to which polytrauma significantly impacts
intrahospital mortality among patients with complete cervical spinal cord injury (cSCI) and to …

Motor unit number index detects the effectiveness of surgical treatment in improving distal motor neuron loss in patients with incomplete cervical spinal cord injury

J Li, Y Zhu, Y Li, S He, D Wang - BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2020 - Springer
Background Recovery of motor dysfunction is important for patients with incomplete cervical
spinal cord injury (SCI). To enhance the recovery of muscle strength, both research and …

Upper-and lower-extremity motor recovery after traumatic cervical spinal cord injury: an update from the national spinal cord injury database

RJ Marino, S Burns, DE Graves, BE Leiby… - Archives of physical …, 2011 - Elsevier
Marino RJ, Burns S, Graves DE, Leiby BE, Kirshblum S, Lammertse DP. Upper-and lower-
extremity motor recovery after traumatic cervical spinal cord injury: an update from the …

Acute traumatic cervical spinal cord injuries: correlating MRI findings with neurological outcome

M Ter Haar, SM Naidoo, S Govender, P Parag… - SA Orthopaedic …, 2011 - scielo.org.za
Abstract TER HAAR, M et al. Acute traumatic cervical spinal cord injuries: correlating MRI
findings with neurological outcome. SA orthop. j.[online]. 2011, vol. 10, n. 1, pp. 35-41. ISSN …

Early decompression (< 8 h) after traumatic cervical spinal cord injury improves functional outcome as assessed by spinal cord independence measure after one year

L Grassner, C Wutte, B Klein, O Mach… - Journal of …, 2016 - liebertpub.com
There is an ongoing controversy about the optimal timing for surgical decompression after
acute traumatic cervical spinal cord injury (SCI). For this reason, we performed a …

Spinal cord lesions

R Rupp - Handbook of clinical neurology, 2020 - Elsevier
A spinal cord injury (SCI) may result in impairments of motor, sensory, and autonomous
functions below the injury level. Worldwide, the prevalence of SCI is 1: 1000 and the …

Introduction: spinal cord injury at the cutting edge of clinical translation: a focus issue collaboration between NACTN and AOSpine North America

MG Fehlings, JR Wilson, M O'Higgins - Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine, 2012 - thejns.org
Spinal cord injury (SCI) can be devastating for individuals and places a significant burden
on societal resources. This issue of the Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine focuses on cutting …

Neurological recovery after traumatic spinal cord injury: what is meaningful? A patients' and physicians' perspective

PV Ter Wengel, MWM Post, E Martin, J Stolwijk-Swuste… - Spinal Cord, 2020 - nature.com
Study design Cross-sectional survey. Objectives Most studies on neurological recovery after
traumatic spinal cord injury (tSCI) assess treatment effects using the American Spinal Injury …

Mapping the long rocky road to effective spinal cord injury therapy: A meta-review of pre-clinical and clinical research

V Estrada, E Oldenburg, O Popa… - Journal of Neurotrauma, 2022 - liebertpub.com
Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a rare condition, which even after decades of research, to date still
presents an incurable condition with a complex symptomatology. An SCI can result in …