Early versus delayed decompression for traumatic cervical spinal cord injury: application of the AOSpine subaxial cervical spinal injury classification system to guide surgical timing

ConclusionType A and F1-3 fractures are not required to undergo aggressive early decompression. Type B and type C/F4 fractures should receive early surgical treatment for better clinical outcomes.Graphical abstractThese slides can be retrieved under Electronic Supplementary Material.

Source: European Spine Journal - March 21, 2019 Category: Orthopaedics Source Type: research