Browse the latest research summaries in the field of surgery for spinal cord injury patients and caregivers.
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European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, 2024 • July 17, 2024
Acute traumatic spinal cord injury (tSCI) is a complex and heterogeneous injury, where the level of injury, injury severity, duration and degree of spinal cord compression, and blood pressure manageme...
KEY FINDING: Early surgical decompression may lead to a superior neurologic outcome, especially in patients with incomplete tSCI.
Acta Neurochirurgica, 2023 • March 1, 2023
This study investigates the impact of degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM) on life expectancy, comparing survival rates of DCM patients who underwent surgery with an age- and gender-matched cohort f...
KEY FINDING: Patients undergoing surgery for DCM have a reduced life expectancy compared to the general population.
Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo), 2023 • March 1, 2023
This study correlated CT and MRI findings in thoracolumbar burst fractures to evaluate PLC injury, finding that specific CT measurements like loss height, local kyphosis, and supraspinous distance are...
KEY FINDING: Loss of vertebral body height, local kyphosis, and supraspinous distance were significantly higher in patients with PLC injuries.
Cureus, 2024 • June 22, 2024
This case report describes the surgical treatment of a one-year-old child with quadriplegia due to a traffic accident resulting in cervical spine injuries at C1/2 and C6/7. Initial management included...
KEY FINDING: A one-year-old child with a C6/7 vertical distraction injury and C1/2 spinal cord injury was surgically treated using Nespron tape and an autologous iliac bone graft.
Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair, 2023 • April 1, 2023
This study investigated the safety and feasibility of using cerebrospinal fluid pressure (CSFP) dynamics as a bedside test to assess surgical spinal cord decompression in patients with spinal cord inj...
KEY FINDING: Comprehensive bedside lumbar CSFP dynamics in SCI following decompression are safe, feasible, and can reveal distinct patterns of residual spinal cord compression.
J Vasc Surg, 2023 • July 1, 2023
Following TEVAR for BTAI, SVS aortic injury grade was not associated with perioperative and 5-year mortality. Over 5% of patients undergoing TEVAR belonged to grade 1, and these patients had high rate...
KEY FINDING: Following TEVAR for BTAI, grade 4 aortic injury patients experienced the highest rates of perioperative mortality, aortic-related mortality, and 5-year mortality.
The Texas Heart Institute Journal, 2023 • March 22, 2023
This case report describes the successful treatment of a patient with a Chance fracture compressing the thoracic aorta. The patient underwent TEVAR prior to spinal surgery to mitigate the risk of aort...
KEY FINDING: The patient had a transverse fracture (Chance fracture) in the ninth thoracic vertebra, leading to compression of the thoracic aorta by a bone fragment.
EJVES Vascular Forum, 2023 • January 1, 2023
The case report describes a 61-year-old man who developed paraplegia and blindness following thoraco-abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, later diagnosed as Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (...
KEY FINDING: Excessive induced hypertension for spinal cord protection could lead to cerebral vascular dysfunction, resulting in irreversible neurological damage.
Orthopaedic Surgery, 2023 • May 1, 2023
This review provides an overview of implant materials used in anterior cervical spine reconstruction after tumor resection, covering their properties, advantages, disadvantages, and clinical applicati...
KEY FINDING: Autogenous bone is osteogenic, retains complete histocompatibility, provides structural support, and has no risk of disease transmission.
Medicine, 2023 • March 1, 2023
This systematic review and meta-analysis protocol aims to compare the efficacy of early versus late surgical intervention for acute cervical spinal cord injury (SCI). The study will search multiple da...
KEY FINDING: The primary outcome will be the change in the American Spinal Injury Association score from baseline to follow-up.