The prognosis for patients with a complete traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) is generally
poor. It is unclear whether some subgroups of patients with a complete traumatic SCI could …

BACKGROUND Optimal timing of surgery after a traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) is one of
the most controversial subjects in spine surgery. We assessed the relationship between …

Background context Frailty and sarcopenia variably predict adverse events (AEs) in a number
of surgical populations. Purpose The aim of this study was to investigate the ability of frailty …

Biomarkers of acute human spinal cord injury (SCI) could provide a more objective measure
of spinal cord damage and a better predictor of neurological outcome than current …

STUDY DESIGN: Systematic review. OBJECTIVES: To identify currently used measures of
frailty and sarcopenia in the adult spine surgery literature. To assess their ability to predict …

Background context Surgical intervention is generally indicated in a pediatric high-grade
spondylolisthesis to prevent the progression of deformity or neurologic deterioration and …

Although there is a trend toward performing early surgery for traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI),
it remains unclear whether this tendency leads to decreased costs and length of stay (LOS…

Objective Acute spinal cord injury (SCI) centers aim to optimize outcome following SCI.
However, there is no timeframe to transfer patients from regional to SCI centers in order to …

It remains unclear whether the benefits of early surgical timing are significant in neurologically
complete spinal cord injury (SCI). We wanted to compare the effects of early and late …

Study Design. Comparison of 2 radiographic measurement techniques of slip severity in
spondylolisthesis. Objective. To analyze the differences between 2 radiologic measurement …