The Role of Riluzole in Acute Traumatic Cervical Spinal Cord Injury with Incomplete Neurological Deficit: A Prospective, Randomised Controlled Study.

Dinesh KumarasamyVibhu Krishnan ViswanathanAjoy Prasad ShettyGuna K PratheepRishi Mukesh KannaS Rajasekaran

Published in: Indian journal of orthopaedics (2022)

Administration of riluzole did not significantly improve neurological outcome/neuropathic pain in our cohort. Nevertheless, both our groups demonstrated an overall improvement in neurological outcome at 1 year, as compared with immediate post-injury status.

Keyphrases

spinal cord injury
neuropathic pain
spinal cord
clinical trial
liver failure
cerebral ischemia
open label
study protocol
respiratory failure
drug induced
double blind
intensive care unit
randomized controlled trial
subarachnoid hemorrhage
mechanical ventilation
hepatitis b virus