Open AccessEarly versus delayed decompression in acute subaxial cervical spinal cord injury: A prospective outcome study at a Level I trauma center from India
Author(s) -
Deepak Gupta,
Gaurang Vaghani,
Saquib Siddiqui,
Chhavi Sawhney,
Pankaj Kumar Singh,
Atin Kumar,
Shailaja Kale,
Bhavani Shankar Sharma
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
asian journal of neurosurgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2248-9614
DOI - 10.4103/1793-5482.161193
Subject(s) - medicine , decompression , surgery , spinal cord injury , group b , trauma center , spinal cord , cervical fracture , quality of life (healthcare) , surgical decompression , anesthesia , cervical spine , retrospective cohort study , nursing , psychiatry
This study was done with the aim to compare the clinical outcome and patients' quality of life between early versus delayed surgically treated patients of acute subaxial cervical spinal cord injury. The current study was based on the hypothesis that early surgical decompression and fixations in acute subaxial cervical spinal cord trauma is safe and is associated with improved outcome as compared to delayed surgical decompression.