Timing of surgery in traumatic spinal cord injury: a national, multidisciplinary survey.
Paula Valerie Ter WengelR E FellerA StadhouderD VerbaanF C OnerJ C GoslingsW P VandertopPublished 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 (2018)
The severity of initial neurological injury seems to play an important role in the urgency of surgical timing for tSCI. A substantial number of patients with complete tSCI are not preferably treated within the recommended surgical timeframe, while patients with incomplete tSCI are preferably operated far more urgent than recommended in the current guidelines. These slides can be retrieved under Electronic Supplementary Material.