In patients with isolated spinal trauma, time until spinal operation does not seem to be an important predictor of functional outcome at the time of hospital discharge.
Operative timing, at the discretion of the surgeon, needs to consider the risks and benefits associated with delayed versus emergent operation.
2011-12-23
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The Journal of trauma
Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. GSacks [at] mednet.ucla.edu
J Trauma. 2011 Dec;71(6):1668-72
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