Redefining and Reclassifying Acute Traumatic Cervical Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury with Special Reference to Central Cord Syndrome: Implications for an Aging Population

In the face of the global aging population and the shifting epidemiology of acute spinal cord injury (SCI), there is a critical need to revisit the definition and clinical management of central cord syndrome (CCS). This dissertation investigated the hypothesis that the neurological outcomes of patients with ‘central cord syndrome’ are heterogeneous and predicted more accurately by acute clinical variables and interventions, including early surgical decompression. First, a systematic review of the literature pertaining to CCS was performed to identify: 1) predictors of outcome; and 2) the efficacy of early (

Department dc:contributor.department

Medical Science

Year dc:date.issued

2020

Author dc:creator

• Badhiwala, Jetan Hari

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Fehlings, Michael G

• Biostatistics
• Central cord syndrome
• Cervical spine
• Clinical epidemiology
• Spinal cord injury
• Surgery

Statement dc:rights

• Attribution 4.0 International

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/1807/103569

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:utoronto.scholaris.ca:1807/103569