Letter to the Editor: Surgical Timing and Neurological Outcomes in Traumatic Central Cord Syndrome: A Single-Center Retrospective Cohort Study
Zitong Wang · 2026
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Description
Zitong Wang wrote a 2026 letter on surgery timing for a neck spinal cord injury. The injury, central cord syndrome, weakens the arms more than the legs after trauma. A study he discusses found that when surgery happened did not link to death in hospital or early recovery.
Wang urges caution in reading that result. Patients sent to very early surgery may have had worse cord pressure or unstable injuries to start with. That hidden gap can make early surgery look useless when it was given to the sickest. His letter asks for care in how timing studies sort their patients.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Zitong Wang |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 5 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |