Prognostic impact of respiratory dysfunction in elderly patients with cervical spinal cord injury and/or fractures: a multicenter survey.
Ryosuke HirotaYoshinori TerashimaHirofumi OhnishiToshihiko YamashitaNoriaki YokogawaTakeshi SasagawaHiroaki NakashimaNaoki SegiSadayuki ItoToru FunayamaFumihiko EtoAkihiro YamajiKota WatanabeSatoshi NoriKazuki TakedaTakeo FuruyaAtsushi YundeHideaki NakajimaTomohiro YamadaTomohiko HasegawaHidenori SuzukiYasuaki ImajoShota IkegamiMasashi UeharaHitoshi TonomuraMunehiro SakataKo HashimotoYoshito OnodaKenichi KawaguchiYohei HarutaNobuyuki SuzukiKenji KatoHiroshi UeiHirokatsu SawadaKazuo NakanishiKosuke MisakiHidetomi TeraiKoji TamaiAkiyoshi KurodaGen InoueKenichiro KakutaniYuji KakiuchiKatsuhito KiyasuHiroyuki TominagaHiroto TokumotoYoichi IizukaEiji TakasawaKoji AkedaNorihiko TakegamiHaruki FunaoYasushi OshimaTakashi KaitoDaisuke SakaiToshitaka YoshiiTetsuro OhbaBungo OtsukiShoji SekiMasashi MiyazakiMasayuki IshiharaSeiji OkadaShiro ImagamaSatoshi KatoPublished in: European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society (2023)
Respiratory dysfunction in elderly patients with SCI and/or cervical fracture in the early post-injury period reflects the severity of the condition and may be a useful prognostic predictor.