Toronto Western Hospital

Early MRI, surgery may enhance spinal trauma recovery

Published in Hospital and Nursing Home Week, October 28th, 2004

Early magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the injured spinal cord can identify trauma cases that could benefit from surgery, according to a presentation at the 129th annual meeting of the American Neurological Association in Toronto.

"The extent of spinal cord compression on MRI at the initial time of injury was strongly associated with the initial degree of neurological impairment and was highly predictive of neurological outcome in long-term follow-up," said study author Julio C. Furlan, MD, of the Krembil Neuroscience Program at Toronto Western Hospital.

By contrast, the results of computed tomography (CT) scans were not useful for long-term...

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Source: Hospital and Nursing Home Week (2004-10-28)

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