Evolving Profile of Acute Spinal Cord Injury Demographics, Outcomes, and Surgical Treatment in North America: Analysis of a Prospective Multi-Center Dataset of 989 Patients.

Authors

• Aditya Vedantam
• Beatrice Ugiliweneza
• Theresa Williamson
• James D Guest
• James S Harrop
• Charles H Tator
• Bizhan A Aarabi
• Michael G Fehlings
• Shekar N Kurpad
• Chris J Neal

Publication/Presentation Date

9-1-2023

Abstract

Changes in demography and injury patterns have altered the profile and outcome of acute spinal cord injury (SCI) over time. This study sought to describe recent trends in epidemiology and early clinical outcomes using the multi-center North American Clinical Trial Network (NACTN) for Spinal Cord Injury Registry. All participants with blunt acute traumatic SCI (

Volume

40

Issue

17-18

First Page

1948

Last Page

1958

ISSN

1557-9042

Published In/Presented At

Vedantam, A., Ugiliweneza, B., Williamson, T., Guest, J. D., Harrop, J. S., Tator, C. H., Aarabi, B. A., Fehlings, M. G., Kurpad, S. N., & Neal, C. J. (2023). Evolving Profile of Acute Spinal Cord Injury Demographics, Outcomes, and Surgical Treatment in North America: Analysis of a Prospective Multi-Center Dataset of 989 Patients. Journal of neurotrauma, 40(17-18), 1948–1958. https://doi.org/10.1089/neu.2022.0410

Disciplines

Business Administration, Management, and Operations | Health and Medical Administration | Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods

PubMedID

36448585

Department(s)

Administration and Leadership

Document Type

Article