Spinal cord injury after traumatic spine fracture in patients with ankylosing spinal disorders.

CONCLUSIONS The incidence of SCI was high after fracture of the spine in patients with AS and DISH. Predictive factors for SCI after fracture were a fracture in the cervical spine and an SEH following fracture. One-fifth of the patients with SCI had delayed SCI. Patients with SCI had more complications, a longer hospital stay, and a lower probability of survival. Less than half of the patients with SCI showed neurological improvement. PMID: 28984512 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Journal of Neurosurgery.Spine - October 6, 2017 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Teunissen FR, Verbeek BM, Cha TD, Schwab JH Tags: J Neurosurg Spine Source Type: research