Analysis of delays to surgery for cervical spinal cord injuries

Spine

Volumn 40, Issue 13, 2015, Pages 992-1000

  Samuel, Andre M ^a   Bohl, Daniel D ^a   Basques, Bryce A ^a   Diaz Collado, Pablo J ^a   Lukasiewicz, Adam M ^a   Webb, Matthew L ^a   Grauer, Jonathan N ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

central spinal cord injury; cervical; comorbidities; complete spinal cord injury; decompression; incomplete spinal cord injury; inpatient delay; spinal cord injury; surgical timing; upper cervical spinal cord injuries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE DURATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FIFTH CERVICAL VERTEBRA; FIRST CERVICAL VERTEBRA; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECOND CERVICAL VERTEBRA; SEVENTH CERVICAL VERTEBRA; SKULL FRACTURE; SPINAL CORD SURGERY; THERAPY DELAY; THIRD CERVICAL VERTEBRA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VERY ELDERLY; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CERVICAL VERTEBRA; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FACTUAL DATABASE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME FACTOR; TIME TO TREATMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ADMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TIME FACTORS; TIME-TO-TREATMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938226200     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000000883     Document Type: Article

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