This week I spoke with neurosurgical registrar Dr Simon Haron about Spinal Cord injury SCI. Simon spoke about the important structures of the spinal cord, anatomy/physiology and why prevention of a secondary injury is so important for patients that have suffered a spinal cord injury. Blood pressure targeting was a topic of discussion as well as central cord syndrome. 

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-A Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Patients With Acute Spinal Cord Injury and Central Cord Syndrome: Recommendations on the Timing (􏰀24 Hours Versus >24 Hours) of Decompressive Surgery 

- Early Surgical Decompression Improves Neurological Outcome after Complete Traumatic Cervical Spinal Cord Injury: A Meta-Analysis

- Early versus Delayed Decompression for Traumatic Cervical Spinal Cord Injury: Results of the Surgical Timing in Acute Spinal Cord Injury Study (STASCIS)

- A Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Patients With Acute Spinal Cord Injury: Recommendations on the Use of Methylprednisolone Sodium Succinate

- Mean Arterial Blood Pressure Correlates with Neurological Recovery after Human Spinal Cord Injury: Analysis of High Frequency Physiologic Data

- Neurological recovery following traumatic spinal cord injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis