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Journal Article
Utilization and timing of surgical intervention for central cord syndrome in the United States
2024
Overview
Study Design
Retrospective cohort analysis.
Objective
CCS is the most common type of incomplete spinal cord injury and can occur without or with bony injury. Surgical intervention and its timing for patients diagnosed with CCS has been controversial. The current study assessed utilization of and factors associated with operative intervention and its timing in patients diagnosed with central cord syndrome (CCS) in the absence of bony injury.
Methods
Adult patients diagnosed with CCS in the absence of vertebral fracture were queried from the national, multi-insurance, administrative 2015–2020 M151 PearlDiver database. The incidence, trends, and timing of operative intervention following CCS were assessed. Patient characteristics associated with surgical intervention and its timing were determined.
Results
From 2015 to 2020, 11,653 patients meeting inclusion criteria were identified, of which surgical intervention was identified for 2,003 (17.2%) and thus nonsurgical intervention for 9,650 (82.8%). The proportion of patients undergoing operative intervention evolved from 11.5% in 2015 to 19.7% in 2020 (
p
< 0.0001). Of those undergoing surgical intervention, the greatest increase was seen for those undergoing surgery within two days of diagnosis (5.5% in 2015 to 12.3% in 2020,
p
< 0.0001). On multivariable analysis, more recent year of service, region of service, younger age, and higher comorbidity burden were independent predictors of operative management (
p
< 0.05 for all).
Conclusion
The majority of a large cohort of patients with first diagnosis CCS in the absence of bony injury were managed non-operatively. Operative management increased over the years of study, were performed earlier after diagnosis, and varied based on patient characteristic and geographic region.
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg,Springer Nature B.V
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