Traumatic thoracolumbar spinal fractures represent approximately 65% of all traumatic spinal fractures and are frequently associated to permanent disability with significant social and economic impact. These injuries create severe physical limitations depending on neurological status, level of fracture, severity of injury, patient age and comorbidities. Predicting neurological improvement in patients with traumatic spinal cord injuries (SCIs) is very difficult because it is related to different preoperative prognostic factors. We evaluated the neurological improvement related to the preoperative neurological conditions and the anatomic level of spinal cord injury.

Neurological outcome in a series of 58 patients operated for traumatic thoracolumbar spinal cord injuries / Dobran, Mauro; Iacoangeli, Maurizio; Di Somma, Lucia Giovanna Maria; Di Rienzo, A; Colasanti, Roberto; Nocchi, Niccolò; Alvaro, Lorenzo; Moriconi, Elisa; Nasi, Davide; Scerrati, Massimo. - In: SURGICAL NEUROLOGY INTERNATIONAL. - ISSN 2152-7806. - STAMPA. - 5:Suppl 7(2014), pp. 329-332. [10.4103/2152-7806.139645]

Neurological outcome in a series of 58 patients operated for traumatic thoracolumbar spinal cord injuries

Dobran, Mauro;IACOANGELI, MAURIZIO;COLASANTI, ROBERTO;ALVARO, LORENZO;MORICONI, ELISA;NASI, DAVIDE;SCERRATI, MASSIMO
2014-01-01

Abstract

Traumatic thoracolumbar spinal fractures represent approximately 65% of all traumatic spinal fractures and are frequently associated to permanent disability with significant social and economic impact. These injuries create severe physical limitations depending on neurological status, level of fracture, severity of injury, patient age and comorbidities. Predicting neurological improvement in patients with traumatic spinal cord injuries (SCIs) is very difficult because it is related to different preoperative prognostic factors. We evaluated the neurological improvement related to the preoperative neurological conditions and the anatomic level of spinal cord injury.
2014
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