Joost P H J Rutges1,2, Brian K Kwon1,3, Manraj Heran4, Tamir Ailon3,5, John T Street1,3, Marcel F Dvorak6,7. 1. Department of Orthopaedics, Blusson Spinal Cord Centre, Vancouver Spine Surgery Institute, University of British Columbia, 818 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, V5Z1M9, Canada. 2. Department of Orthopaedics, University Medical Center Utrecht, University of Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX, Utrecht, The Netherlands. 3. International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries (ICORD), Blusson Spinal Cord Centre, University of British Columbia, 818 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, V5Z1M9, Canada. 4. Division of Neuroradiology, Department of Radiology, Vancouver General Hospital, University of British Columbia, 899 West 12th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, V5Z1M9, Canada. 5. Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Blusson Spinal Cord Centre, Vancouver Spine Surgery Institute, University of British Columbia, 818 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, V5Z1M9, Canada. 6. Department of Orthopaedics, Blusson Spinal Cord Centre, Vancouver Spine Surgery Institute, University of British Columbia, 818 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, V5Z1M9, Canada. Marcel.Dvorak@vch.ca. 7. International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries (ICORD), Blusson Spinal Cord Centre, University of British Columbia, 818 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, V5Z1M9, Canada. Marcel.Dvorak@vch.ca.
Abstract
PURPOSE: In acute traumatic cervical spinal cord injury (SCI) patients, we sought to characterize how objective MRI measures of injury change during the first 3 week post-injury. METHODS: Six MRI scans each were planned in 19 cervical SCI patients within the first 3 week post-injury. Length of cord edema, maximum spinal cord compression, maximum canal compromise, and presence and length of hematoma were measured. RESULTS: Length of spinal cord edema increased in the first 48 h after SCI, followed by a gradual decrease in the 3 weeks after injury. This was predominantly seen in the more severe grades of SCI. Hematoma in the spinal cord was seen in all AIS-A and B patients. CONCLUSION: This study demonstrates the dynamic nature of imaging changes on MRI in the first weeks after injury and highlights the importance of taking into account the timing of imaging when interpreting objective measures of damage.
PURPOSE: In acute traumatic cervical spinal cord injury (SCI) patients, we sought to characterize how objective MRI measures of injury change during the first 3 week post-injury. METHODS: Six MRI scans each were planned in 19 cervical SCI patients within the first 3 week post-injury. Length of cord edema, maximum spinal cord compression, maximum canal compromise, and presence and length of hematoma were measured. RESULTS: Length of spinal cord edema increased in the first 48 h after SCI, followed by a gradual decrease in the 3 weeks after injury. This was predominantly seen in the more severe grades of SCI. Hematoma in the spinal cord was seen in all AIS-A and B patients. CONCLUSION: This study demonstrates the dynamic nature of imaging changes on MRI in the first weeks after injury and highlights the importance of taking into account the timing of imaging when interpreting objective measures of damage.
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