Complications in the Management of Patients with Spine Trauma

Geoffrey Stricsek; George Ghobrial; Jefferson Wilson; Thana Theofanis; James S. Harrop

doi:10.1016/j.nec.2016.08.007

Complications in the Management of Patients with Spine Trauma

Geoffrey Stricsek, George Ghobrial, Jefferson Wilson, Thana Theofanis, James S. Harrop^*

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Neurological Surgery

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Abstract

More than 50% of patients diagnosed with acute, traumatic spinal cord injury will experience at least 1 complication during their hospitalization. Age, severity of neurological injury, concurrent traumatic brain injury, comorbid illness, and mechanism of injury are all associated with increasing risk of complication. More than 75% of complications will occur within 2 weeks of injury. The complications associated with SCI carry a significant risk of morbidity and mortality; their early identification and management is critical in the care of the SCI patient.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	147-155
Number of pages	9
Journal	Neurosurgery clinics of North America
Volume	28
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nec.2016.08.007
State	Published - Jan 1 2017

Keywords

Complications
Spinal cord injury
Trauma

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Surgery
Clinical Neurology

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