The Influence of Time from Injury to Surgery on Motor Recovery and Length of Hospital Stay in Acute Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury: An Observational Canadian Cohort Study

F. Dvorak, Marcel; K. Noonan, Vanessa; Fallah, Nader; G. Fisher, Charles; Finkelstein, Joel; K. Kwon, Brian; S. Rivers, Carly; Ahn, Henry; Paquet, Jérôme; C. Tsai, Eve; Townson, Andrea; Attabib, Najmedden; S. Bailey, Christopher; Christie, Sean; Drew, Brian; R. Fourney, Daryl; Fox, Richard; John Hurlbert, R.; G. Johnson, Michael; Linassi, Gary; Parent, Stefan; G. Fehlings, Michael; RHSCIR Network, The

doi:10.1089/neu.2014.3632

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The Influence of Time from Injury to Surgery on Motor Recovery and Length of Hospital Stay in Acute Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury: An Observational Canadian Cohort Study

Published in Journal of Neurotrauma • Oct 21, 2014

Authors:

Marcel F. Dvorak

Vanessa K. Noonan

Nader Fallah

Abstract

To determine the influence of time from injury to surgery on neurological recovery and length of stay (LOS) in an observational cohort of individuals with traumatic spinal cord injury (tSCI), we analyzed the baseline and follow-up motor scores of participants in the Rick Hansen Spinal Cord Injury Re...

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Medicine

Spinal cord injury

Observational study

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