Early versus Delayed Decompression for Traumatic Cervical Spinal Cord Injury: Results of the Surgical Timing in Acute Spinal Cord Injury Study (STASCIS)

Michael G. Fehlings; Alexander Vaccaro; Jefferson R. Wilson; Anoushka Singh; David W. Cadotte; James S. Harrop; Bizhan Aarabi; Christopher Shaffrey; Marcel Dvorak; Charles Fisher; Paul Arnold; Eric M. Massicotte; Stephen Lewis; Raja Rampersaud

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0032037

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Early versus Delayed Decompression for Traumatic Cervical Spinal Cord Injury: Results of the Surgical Timing in Acute Spinal Cord Injury Study (STASCIS)

Michael G. Fehlings ,

* E-mail: michael.fehlings@uhn.on.ca

Affiliation Divisions of Neurosurgery and Orthopedic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Alexander Vaccaro,

Affiliation Division of Spinal Disorders, Department of Neurosurgery and Orthopedic Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Jefferson R. Wilson,

Affiliation Divisions of Neurosurgery and Orthopedic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Anoushka Singh,

Affiliation Divisions of Neurosurgery and Orthopedic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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David W. Cadotte,

Affiliation Divisions of Neurosurgery and Orthopedic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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James S. Harrop,

Affiliation Division of Spinal Disorders, Department of Neurosurgery and Orthopedic Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Bizhan Aarabi,

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Christopher Shaffrey,

Affiliation Departments of Neurosurgery and Orthopedic Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America
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Marcel Dvorak,

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Charles Fisher,

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Paul Arnold,

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, University of Kansas, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America
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Eric M. Massicotte,

Affiliation Divisions of Neurosurgery and Orthopedic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Stephen Lewis,

Affiliation Divisions of Neurosurgery and Orthopedic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Raja Rampersaud

Affiliation Divisions of Neurosurgery and Orthopedic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Early versus Delayed Decompression for Traumatic Cervical Spinal Cord Injury: Results of the Surgical Timing in Acute Spinal Cord Injury Study (STASCIS)

Michael G. Fehlings,
Alexander Vaccaro,
Jefferson R. Wilson,
Anoushka Singh,
David W. Cadotte,
James S. Harrop,
Bizhan Aarabi,
Christopher Shaffrey,
Marcel Dvorak,
Charles Fisher

Published: February 23, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0032037

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Title: “Surgery less than 24 hours after traumatic cervical spinal cord injury leads to improved outcomes”
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Early versus Delayed Decompression for Traumatic Cervical Spinal Cord Injury: Results of the Surgical Timing in Acute Spinal Cord Injury Study (STASCIS)

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