Current opinion in critical care
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Curr Opin Crit Care · Dec 2023
ReviewTraumatic spinal cord injury: acute phase treatment in critical care.
Surgical timing in traumatic spinal cord injury (t-SCI) remains a point of debate. Current guidelines recommend surgery within 24 h after trauma; however, earlier timeframes are currently intensively being investigated. The aim of this review is to provide an insight on the acute care of patients with t-SCI. ⋯ In this review, we provide an overview of the recent insights of surgical timing in t-SCI and the current barriers in acute t-SCI treatment.