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Carly S. Rivers

University of British Columbia
Verified email at ubc.ca
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An international, multicentre, prospective, randomised, controlled, unblinded, parallel-group trial of robotic-assisted versus standard laparoscopic surgery for the …

…, C McCabe, S Pavitt, P Quirke, CS Rivers… - International journal of …, 2012 - Springer
Purpose There is growing enthusiasm for robotic-assisted laparoscopic operations across
many surgical specialities, including colorectal surgery, often not supported by robust clinical …

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

…, J Finkelstein, BK Kwon, CS Rivers… - Journal of …, 2015 - liebertpub.com
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)…

Methylprednisolone for the treatment of patients with acute spinal cord injuries: a systematic review and meta-analysis

…, N Fallah, VK Noonan, CS Rivers… - Journal of …, 2016 - liebertpub.com
Previous meta-analyses of methylprednisolone (MPS) for patients with acute traumatic spinal
cord injuries (TSCIs) have not addressed confidence in the quality of evidence used for …

Methylprednisolone for the treatment of patients with acute spinal cord injuries: a propensity score-matched cohort study from a Canadian multi-center spinal cord …

…, VK Noonan, N Fallah, BK Kwon, CS Rivers… - Journal of …, 2015 - liebertpub.com
In prior analyses of the effectiveness of methylprednisolone for the treatment of patients with
acute traumatic spinal cord injuries (TSCIs), the prognostic importance of patients' …

[HTML][HTML] Health conditions: effect on function, health-related quality of life, and life satisfaction after traumatic spinal cord injury. A prospective observational registry …

CS Rivers, N Fallah, VK Noonan, DG Whitehurst… - Archives of physical …, 2018 - Elsevier
… Author links open overlay panelCarly S. Rivers PhD a , Nader Fallah PhD a , Vanessa K.
Noonan PhD, PT a b , David G. Whitehurst LLB, PhD c , Carolyn E. … Sezer, S. Akkuş, FG Uğurlu …

Minimizing errors in acute traumatic spinal cord injury trials by acknowledging the heterogeneity of spinal cord anatomy and injury severity: an observational Canadian …

…, VK Noonan, N Fallah, CG Fisher, CS Rivers… - Journal of …, 2014 - liebertpub.com
Clinical trials of therapies for acute traumatic spinal cord injury (tSCI) have failed to
convincingly demonstrate efficacy in improving neurologic function. Failing to acknowledge the …

Effect of older age on treatment decisions and outcomes among patients with traumatic spinal cord injury

H Ahn, CS Bailey, CS Rivers, VK Noonan, EC Tsai… - CMAJ, 2015 - Can Med Assoc
Background: Older people are at increased risk of traumatic spinal cord injury from falls. We
evaluated the impact of older age (≥ 70 yr) on treatment decisions and outcomes. Methods: …

Development of an unsupervised machine learning algorithm for the prognostication of walking ability in spinal cord injury patients

Z DeVries, M Hoda, CS Rivers, A Maher, E Wai… - The Spine Journal, 2020 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND CONTEXT Traumatic spinal cord injury can have a dramatic effect on a
patient's life. The degree of neurologic recovery greatly influences a patient's treatment and …

[HTML][HTML] A simplified clinical prediction rule for prognosticating independent walking after spinal cord injury: a prospective study from a Canadian multicenter spinal …

KE Hicks, Y Zhao, N Fallah, CS Rivers, VK Noonan… - The Spine Journal, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Context Traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) is a debilitating condition with limited
treatment options for neurologic or functional recovery. The ability to predict the prognosis of …

In-hospital mortality for the elderly with acute traumatic spinal cord injury

T Inglis, D Banaszek, CS Rivers, D Kurban… - Journal of …, 2020 - liebertpub.com
As the incidence of traumatic spinal cord injury (tSCI) in the elderly rises, clinicians are
increasingly faced with difficult discussions regarding aggressiveness of management, likelihood …