Clinical Influence of Cervical Spinal Canal Stenosis on Neurological Outcome after Traumatic Cervical Spinal Cord Injury without Major Fracture or Dislocation.

CONCLUSIONS: No relationships between pre-existing CSCS and neurological outcomes were evident after traumatic CSCI. These results suggest that decompression surgery might not be recommended for traumatic CSCI without major fracture or dislocation despite pre-existing CSCS. PMID: 27340535 [PubMed]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27340535?dopt=Abstract

Source: Asian Spine Journal - June 26, 2016 Category: Orthopaedics Tags: Asian Spine J Source Type: research