The effect of operative timing on functional outcome after isolated spinal trauma

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1668-1672

  Sacks, Greg D ^a,b   Panchmatia, Jaykar R ^a   Marino, Miguel ^a   Hill, Caterina ^c   Rogers, Selwyn O ^b,d  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Center for Surgery and Public Health   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional outcome; Neurologic outcome; Operative timing; Spinal trauma; Trauma center; Trauma level designation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENT MOTOR LOCOMOTION SCORE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; ISOLATED SPINE INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE INJURY; SPINE STABILIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL INJURIES; TIME FACTORS; TRAUMA CENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84355162912     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31823246a5     Document Type: Article

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