Effect of urgent surgery within 8 hours compared to surgery between 8 and 24 hours on perioperative complications and neurological prognosis in patients older than 70 years with cervical spinal cord injury: a propensity score-matched analysis

CONCLUSIONS: Results of the comparison after matching demonstrated that urgent surgery within 8 hours did not increase the perioperative complication rate and significantly improved the MIS, suggesting that surgery within 8 hours may be efficient, even in older patients.PMID:38277664 | DOI:10.3171/2023.11.SPINE23810

Source: Journal of Neurosurgery.Spine - January 26, 2024 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Tomoaki Shimizu Kota Suda Satoko Matsumoto Harmon Miki Komatsu Masahiro Ota Hiroki Ushirozako Kento Inomata Akio Minami Katsuhisa Yamada Tsutomu Endo Masahiko Takahata Norimasa Iwasaki Hiroshi Takahashi Masao Koda Masashi Yamazaki Source Type: research