Early surgical decompression within 8 hours for traumatic spinal cord injury: Is it beneficial? A meta-analysis

Introduction: The aim of this study is to evaluate whether early (<8 h) surgical decompression is better in improving neurologic outcomes than late (≥8 h) surgical decompression for traumatic spinal cord injury (tSCI). Methods: The various electronic databases were used to detect relevant article...

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Main Authors: Dong-Yeong Lee, Young-Jin Park, Hyun-Jung Kim, Hyeong-Sik Ahn, Sun-Chul Hwang, Dong-Hee Kim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AVES 2018-03-01
Series:Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1017995X17304881