Early Versus Delayed Surgery for Elderly Traumatic Cervical Spinal Injury: A Nationwide Multicenter Study in Japan.
Naoki SegiHiroaki NakashimaSadayuki ItoNoriaki YokogawaTakeshi SasagawaKota WatanabeSatoshi NoriToru FunayamaFumihiko EtoHideaki NakajimaYoshinori TerashimaRyosuke HirotaKo HashimotoYoshito OnodaTakeo FuruyaAtsushi YundeShota IkegamiMasashi UeharaHidenori SuzukiYasuaki ImajoHiroshi UeiHirokatsu SawadaKenichi KawaguchiKazuo NakanishiNobuyuki SuzukiYasushi OshimaTomohiko HasegawaYoichi IizukaHitoshi TonomuraHidetomi TeraiKoji AkedaShoji SekiMasayuki IshiharaGen InoueHaruki FunaoToshitaka YoshiiTakashi KaitoKatsuhito KiyasuHiroyuki TominagaKenichiro KakutaniDaisuke SakaiTetsuro OhbaBungo OtsukiMasashi MiyazakiKenta MurotaniSeiji OkadaShiro ImagamaSatoshi KatoPublished in: Global spine journal (2024)
Early surgery is possible for CSI in elderly patients as the matched cohort reveals no significant difference in complication rates and neurological or ambulatory recovery between the early and delayed surgery groups.