Adults with acute traumatic SCI (timing of decompression, methylprednisolone, anticoagulation, rehabilitation). Status 'superseded' applies to the updated topics only.
- Published by
- AO Spine Knowledge Forum (SCI and DCM)
- Country
- International
- Topic
- trauma/SCI
- Type
- guideline
- Version
- 2017-09-05 (Global Spine J 7(3) suppl)
- Last updated
- 2017
- Status
- Superseded
- Superseded by
- AO Spine-Praxis 2024 guideline updates on timing of decompression and haemodynamic management (other 2017 topics, e.g. methylprednisolone, not re-examined in the update)
- Access
- free
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