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JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY-SPINE
卷 17, 期 3, 页码 243-250出版社
AMER ASSOC NEUROLOGICAL SURGEONS
DOI: 10.3171/2012.6.SPINE12122
关键词
trauma; spinal cord injury; magnetic resonance imaging; American Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale; lesion expansion
资金
- Neurosurgery Research and Education Foundation from the AANS/CNS
Object. The authors performed a study to determine if lesion expansion occurs in humans during the early hours after spinal cord injury (SCI), as has been established in rodent models of SCI, and to identify factors that might predict lesion expansion. Methods. The authors studied 42 patients with acute cervical SCI and admission American Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale Grades A (35 patients) and B (7 patients) in whom 2 consecutive MRI scans were obtained 3-134 hours after trauma. They recorded demographic data, clinical information, Injury Severity Score (ISS), admission MRI-documented spinal canal and cord characteristics, and management strategies. Results. The characteristics of the cohort were as follows: male/female ratio 37:5; mean age, 34.6 years; and cause of injury, motor vehicle collision, falls, and sport injuries in 40 of 42 cases. The first MRI study was performed 6.8 +/- 2.7 hours (mean +/- SD) after injury, and the second was performed 54.5 +/- 32.3 hours after injury. The rostrocaudal intramedullary length of the lesion on the first MRI scan was 59.2 +/- 16.1 mm, whereas its length on the second was 88.5 +/- 31.9 mm. The principal factors associated with lesion length on the first MRI study were the time between injury and imaging (p = 0.05) and the time to decompression (p = 0.03). The lesion's rate of rostrocaudal intramedullary expansion in the interval between the first and second MRI was 0.9 +/- 0.8 mm/hour. The principal factors associated with the rate of expansion were the maximum spinal cord compression (p = 0.03) and the mechanism of injury (p = 0.05). Conclusions. Spinal cord injury in humans is characterized by lesion expansion during the hours following trauma. Lesion expansion has a positive relationship with spinal cord compression and may be mitigated by early surgical decompression. Lesion expansion may be a novel surrogate measure by which to assess therapeutic effects ill surgical or drug trials.
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