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

Short summary

Decompression surgery within 24 hours of traumatic cervical spinal cord injury (SCI) significantly improves neurologic outcomes, with patients undergoing early surgery showing 2.8 times higher odds of at least a 2-grade improvement in AIS compared to those undergoing late surgery (OR = 2.83, 95% CI:1.10,7.28).

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