A Randomized Controlled Trial of Early versus Late Surgical Decompression for Thoracic and Thoracolumbar Spinal Cord Injury in 73 Patients

Autor: Haghnegahdar, Ali, Behjat, Reza, Saadat, Soheil, Badhiwala, Jetan, Farrokhi, Majid Reza, Niakan, Amin, Eghbal, Keyvan, Barzideh, Ehsan, Shahlaee, Abtin, Ghaffarpasand, Fariborz, Ghodsi, Zahra, Vaccaro, Alexander R, Sadeghi-Naini, Mohsen, Fehlings, Michael G, Guest, James David, Derakhshan, Pegah, Rahimi-Movaghar, Vafa
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Neurotrauma reports, vol 1, iss 1
Popis: Convincing clinical evidence exists to support early surgical decompression in the setting of cervical spinal cord injury (SCI). However, clinical evidence on the effect of early surgery in patients with thoracic and thoracolumbar (from T1 to L1 [T1-L1]) SCI is lacking and a critical knowledge gap remains. This randomized controlled trial (RCT) sought to evaluate the safety and efficacy of early (
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