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This is an analysis of the results of treatment of 1761 patients with traumatic injury of cervical spinal cord, admitted to hospital within the first hours or days after injury. Analysis of the results of conservative treatment in 798 patients and of surgical treatment in 963 patients has shown that the results are to a large extent dependent on the method of treatment and when specialist treatment was started.
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Kiwerski, J. Neurological outcome from conservative or surgical treatment of cervical spinal cord injured patients. Spinal Cord 31, 192–196 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1038/sc.1993.36
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