spinal cord lesion
Conditions
Interventions
Conservative treatment or surgical decompression of the spinal cord
Sponsors
Universitair Medisch Centrum Sint Radboud
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to 99 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: all patients with a history of a traumatic event to the cervical spine with an incomplete spinal cord lesion due to a cervical spine trauma. At CT scanning with reconstruction and at MRI signs are not seen that could indicate a fracture of the cervical spine or instability.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: ASIA A at neurologic examination,mental impairments, a preexistent neurologic deficit of arms and/or legs, psychiatric illness, significant comorbidity interfering with the indication to perform surgery or not, use of anticoagulating drugs, addiction to drugs or alcohol (more than five units daily), not speaking Dutch language fluently, not willing to participate, participating in another trial
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Primary outcome: functional outcome at two years measured by Dutch translation of mJOA. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Secondary outcomes: motor and sensory scores according to the ASIA standards at six weeks, 12 weeks, 12 months, stay at a high care department (medium care, intensive care), stay at the hospital, complication rate, mortality rate, sort of rehabilitation and kind of rehabilitation, quality of life, and arm/hand function assessed by the disability of the arm, shoulder and hand questionnaire (DASH),SCIM III . | — |
Countries
Netherlands
Outcome results
None listed