Ultra-Early (<12 Hours) Surgery Correlates With Higher Rate of American Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale Conversion After Cervical Spinal Cord Injury

Abstract

Cervical spinal cord injury (SCI) is a devastating condition with very few treatment options. It remains unclear if early surgery correlated with conversion of American Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale (AIS) grade A injuries to higher grades.

Document Details

• Document Type: Pub Defense Publication
• Publication Date: Nov 28, 2018
• Source ID: 10.1093/neuros/nyy537

Entities

People

• Adam R. Ferguson
• Catherine G Suen
• Ethan A. Winkler
• Geoffrey T. Manley
• Jacqueline C. Bresnahan
• Jason F. Talbott
• Jenny Haefeli
• John F. Burke
• John K. Yue
• Jonathan Z. Pan
• Laura B. Ngwenya
• Michael C. Huang
• Michael S Beattie
• Phiroz E. Tarapore
• Sanjay S. Dhall
• William D. Whetstone

Organizations

• Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs
• Craig H Neilsen Foundation
• University of California, San Francisco
• Veterans Health Administration

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