Etiology and Outcomes of Spinal Cord Infarct: A Case Series From a Level 1 Trauma Center.
Laurence GeKaran ArulMichael StonerAddisu MesfinPublished in: Global spine journal (2019)
While the existing literature associates spinal cord infarction with aortic pathologies and surgery, these caused less than 30% of cases, while nonaortic surgical complications were associated with the most severe injuries. Outcomes were worse than previously reported in the literature.
Keyphrases
- spinal cord
- systematic review
- spinal cord injury
- neuropathic pain
- minimally invasive
- aortic valve
- coronary artery bypass
- early onset
- acute myocardial infarction
- type diabetes
- risk factors
- left ventricular
- heart failure
- pulmonary artery
- adipose tissue
- metabolic syndrome
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- insulin resistance
- surgical site infection