Concomitant Traumatic Brain Injury Delays Surgery in Patients With Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury.

Tej D AzadDivyaansh RajKathleen R RanVikas N VattipallyAnmol WarmanMicheal RaadJohn R WilliamsDaniel LubelskiElliott R HautJose I SuarezAli BydonTimothy F WithamChristopher D WitiwNicholas TheodoreJames P Byrne

Published in: Neurosurgery (2024)

Concomitant TBI delays surgical management for patients with tSCI. This effect is largest for patients with tSCI with severe TBI. These findings should serve to increase awareness of concomitant TBI and tSCI and the likelihood that this may delay time-sensitive surgery.

Keyphrases

traumatic brain injury
spinal cord injury
minimally invasive
coronary artery bypass
severe traumatic brain injury
surgical site infection
spinal cord
neuropathic pain
mild traumatic brain injury
percutaneous coronary intervention
coronary artery disease
acute coronary syndrome
atrial fibrillation
drug induced