Demographics, Mechanism of Injury, and Outcomes for Acute Upper and Lower Cervical Spinal Cord Injuries: An Analysis of 470 Patients in the Prospective, Multi-Center, North American Clinical Trials Network Registry.
Publication/Presentation Date
9-1-2023
Abstract
There is a paucity of data comparing the demographics, mechanism of injury, and outcomes of upper versus lower cervical spinal cord injuries (cSCI). The study objective was to define different clinical manifestations of cSCI. Data were collected prospectively through centers of the North American Clinical Trials Network (NACTN). Data was collected on 470 patients (21% women, mean age 50 years). Cervical vertebral level was analyzed as an ordinal variable to determine a natural demarcation to classify upper versus lower cSCI. For continuous variable analysis, falls were associated with C3 more than C4 vertebral level injuries (60% vs. 42%;
Volume
40
Issue
17-18
First Page
1918
Last Page
1927
ISSN
1557-9042
Published In/Presented At
Futch, B. G., Kouam, R. W., Ugiliweneza, B., Harrop, J., Kurpad, S., Foster, N., Than, K., Crutcher, C., Goodwin, C. R., Tator, C., Shaffrey, C. I., Aarabi, B., Fehlings, M., Neal, C. J., Guest, J., & Abd-El-Barr, M. M. (2023). Demographics, Mechanism of Injury, and Outcomes for Acute Upper and Lower Cervical Spinal Cord Injuries: An Analysis of 470 Patients in the Prospective, Multi-Center, North American Clinical Trials Network Registry. Journal of neurotrauma, 40(17-18), 1918–1927. https://doi.org/10.1089/neu.2022.0407
Disciplines
Business Administration, Management, and Operations | Health and Medical Administration | Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods
PubMedID
36852492
Department(s)
Administration and Leadership
Document Type
Article