Early outcome and predictors of early outcome in patients treated surgically for central cord syndrome

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 490-494

  Kepler, Christopher K ^a   Kong, Christopher ^b   Schroeder, Gregory D ^a   Hjelm, Nikolaus ^a   Sayadipour, Amir ^a   Vaccaro, Alexander R ^a   Anderson, D Greg ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

AMS; Central cord syndrome; Delayed decompression; Early decompression; Neurologic recovery; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AMERICAN SPINAL INJURY ASSOCIATION IMPAIRMENT SCALE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL CORD SYNDROME; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; EARLY INTERVENTION; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINAL CORD EDEMA; THERAPY DELAY; TIME TO TREATMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CONVALESCENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGNOSIS; SPINAL FRACTURES;

CENTRAL CORD SYNDROME; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84953343335     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2015.1.SPINE141013     Document Type: Article

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