Browse the latest research summaries in the field of surgery for spinal cord injury patients and caregivers.
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Acta Neurochirurgica, 2025 • January 24, 2025
This study investigates the effect of surgical timing on perioperative complications in spinal trauma patients. Delayed surgical treatment may be associated with more perioperative complications compa...
KEY FINDING: Delayed surgical treatment is potentially associated with more perioperative complications compared to early surgery in non-SCI patients.
International Journal of Surgery Case Reports, 2025 • January 29, 2025
This case report describes a rare instance of an intradural extramedullary epidermoid cyst at the cauda equina level in a 2-year-old female, presenting with a skin fold on the back since birth. The cy...
KEY FINDING: The patient presented with a rare intradural extramedullary epidermoid cyst at the L3-L4 level of the cauda equina, identified via lumbosacral MRI.
Acta Neurochirurgica, 2025 • January 19, 2025
This study retrospectively reviewed data from 72 patients who underwent surgery for spinal schwannomas to identify factors associated with residual neurological deficits. The study found that thoracic...
KEY FINDING: Thoracic spine involvement is a significant risk factor for residual neurological deficits after surgery (OR, 5.03; 95% CI, 1.47–18.6; p = 0.01).
Interdiscip CardioVasc Thorac Surg, 2025 • February 5, 2025
This study reports the outcomes of open thoraco-abdominal aortic aneurysm (TAAA) repair at a single academic medical center from 2015 to 2023, involving 190 patients. The primary endpoint was operativ...
KEY FINDING: Operative mortality was 7.9%, with similar rates in elective (7.5%) and non-elective (9.1%) cases.
PRS Global Open, 2025 • February 5, 2025
This case report describes the successful treatment of a 29-year-old man with extensive tracheal wall tissue defects after tracheostomy. The patient presented with loss of spontaneous breathing due to...
KEY FINDING: A clavicle-attached pedicled sternocleidomastoid muscle (SCM) flap can be used to reconstruct the tracheal wall in patients with extensive tracheal cartilage defects.
Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2025 • January 22, 2025
This study retrospectively analyzed the clinical data of four SCIWORA patients treated at our hospital from November 2022 to June 2024, exploring their injury mechanisms, clinical features, spinal cor...
KEY FINDING: All four patients had thoracolumbar injuries with rapid progression of symptoms, including paralysis, sensory impairment, and urinary and fecal retention.
Acta Neurochirurgica, 2025 • January 24, 2025
This study provides a bibliometric analysis of the application of methylprednisolone in spinal cord injury research over the past 50 years. Collaboration between different academic groups in the field...
KEY FINDING: A total of 1,651 articles were identified, and publication numbers showed a consistent annual increase.
General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases, 2025 • January 30, 2025
This case report presents a successful instance of EVAR with IBE for treating abdominal aortic and common iliac artery aneurysms associated with residual type B aortic dissection after previous thorac...
KEY FINDING: EVAR with IBE can be safely performed for abdominal aortic and common iliac artery aneurysms associated with residual aortic dissection after thoracoabdominal aortic graft replacement.
Cureus, 2025 • January 10, 2025
This study assessed microcirculatory changes in cervical SCI patients with neurogenic shock using NIRS and VOT, finding a high prevalence of microcirculatory alterations. The study linked these microc...
KEY FINDING: The prevalence of microcirculatory alterations was high (92%) in patients with SCI and neurogenic shock, with 47% still exhibiting alterations at day 7.
Surgical Neurology International, 2025 • January 10, 2025
This paper reports two cases of dural arteriovenous fistulas (DAVFs) of the occipital sinus (OS) that developed after head trauma. These rare vascular malformations pose diagnostic and therapeutic cha...
KEY FINDING: Trauma can be a significant factor in the development of OS DAVFs. Both cases presented involved patients with a history of head trauma prior to the development of the fistula.