Journal article
The Influence of Time from Injury to Surgery on Motor Recovery and Length of Hospital Stay in Acute Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury: An Observational Canadian Cohort Study
Abstract
To determine the influence of time from injury to surgery on neurological recovery and length of stay (LOS) in an observational cohort of individuals with traumatic spinal cord injury (tSCI), we analyzed the baseline and follow-up motor scores of participants in the Rick Hansen Spinal Cord Injury Registry to specifically assess the effect of an early (less than 24 h from injury) surgical procedure on motor recovery and on LOS. One thousand four …
Authors
Dvorak MF; Noonan VK; Fallah N; Fisher CG; Finkelstein J; Kwon BK; Rivers CS; Ahn H; Paquet J; Tsai EC
Journal
Journal of Neurotrauma, Vol. 32, No. 9, pp. 645–654
Publisher
Mary Ann Liebert
Publication Date
May 2015
DOI
10.1089/neu.2014.3632
ISSN
0897-7151