Early management of adult traumatic spinal cord injury in patients with polytrauma: a consensus and clinical recommendations jointly developed by the World Society of Emergency Surgery

• Published in: World journal of emergency surgery Vol. 19; no. 1
• Main Authors: Picetti, Edoardo, Demetriades, Andreas K, Catena, Fausto, Aarabi, Bizhan, Abu-Zidan, Fikri M, Alves, Oscar L, Ansaloni, Luca, Armonda, Rocco A, Badenes, Rafael, Bala, Miklosh, Balogh, Zsolt J, Barbanera, Andrea, Bertuccio, Alessandro, Biffl, Walter L, Bouzat, Pierre, Buki, Andras, Castano-Leon, Ana Maria, Cerasti, Davide, Citerio, Giuseppe, Coccolini, Federico, Coimbra, Raul, Coniglio, Carlo, Costa, Francesco, De Iure, Federico, Depreitere, Bart, Fainardi, Enrico, Fehlings, Michael J, Gabrovsky, Nikolay, Godoy, Daniel Agustin, Gruen, Peter, Gupta, Deepak, Hawryluk, Gregory W. J, Helbok, Raimund, Hossain, Iftakher, Hutchinson, Peter J, Iaccarino, Corrado, Inaba, Kenji, Ivanov, Marcel, Kaprovoy, Stanislav, Kirkpatrick, Andrew W, Klein, Sam, Kolias, Angelos, Konovalov, Nikolay A, Lagares, Alfonso, Lippa, Laura, Loza-Gomez, Angelica, Luoto, Teemu M, Maas, Andrew I. R, Maciejczak, Andrzej, Maier, Ronald V, Marklund, Niklas, Ma, Melloni, Ilaria, Mendoza-Lattes, Sergio, Meyfroidt, Geert, Munari, Marina, Napolitano, Lena M, Okonkwo, David O, Otomo, Yasuhiro, Papadopoulos, Marios C, Petr, Ondra, Peul, Wilco C, Pudkrong, Aichholz K, Qasim, Zaffer, Rasulo, Frank, Reizinho, Carla, Ringel, Florian, Rizoli, Sandro, Rostami, Elham, Rubiano, Andres M, Russo, Emanuele, Sarwal, Aa, Schwab, Jan M, Servadei, Franco, Sharma, Deepak, Sharif, Salman, Shiban, Ehab, Shutter, Lori, Stahel, Philip F, Taccone, Fabio S, Terpolilli, Nicole A, Thomé, Claudius, Toth, Peter, Tsitsopoulos, Parmenion P, Udy, Andrew, Vaccaro, Alexander R, Varon, Albert J, Vavilala, Monica S, Younsi, Alexander, Zackova, Monika, Zoerle, Tommaso, Robba, Chiara
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: BioMed Central Ltd 18.01.2024
• Subjects: Medical colleges; Medicine; Practice; Spinal cord injuries; Surgery

Background The early management of polytrauma patients with traumatic spinal cord injury (tSCI) is a major challenge. Sparse data is available to provide optimal care in this scenario and worldwide variability in clinical practice has been documented in recent studies. Methods A multidisciplinary co...