Table 4.
Summary Table of Administrative Outcomes Between Early (≤24 Hours) and Late (>24 hours) Decompression.
| Author, Year, Study Design | Measure | Early, ≤24 Hours | Late, >24 Hours | Effect Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cervical and thoracic and lumbosacral SCI | ||||
| Dvorak, 2015 | Length of stay | AIS A patients | AIS A patients | Adjusted estimatesa: |
| Prospective cohort study | Setting undefined | n = NR | n = NR | Beta: −0.358 (95% CI = −0.590 to −0.126), P = .003 |
| 7.5 days | Days: NR | IRR: 0.699 (95% CI = 0.554 to 0.881) | ||
| AIS B patients | AIS B patients | Beta: −0.181 (95% CI = −0.303 to −0.059), P = .004 | ||
| n = NR | n = NR | IRR: 0.834 (95% CI = 0.738 to 0.942) | ||
| 12.8 days | Days: NR | |||
| Wilson, 2012 | Length of stay | |||
| Prospective cohort study | Acute care | n = 33 | n = 49 | P = .97 |
| 24.9 days | 24.7 days | |||
| Rehabilitation | n = 22 | n = 33 | Mean difference: 22.7; P = .10 | |
| 102.9 days | 80.2 days | |||
| Thoracolumbar SCI | ||||
| Rahimi-Movghar, 2014 | Length of stay | n = 16 | n = 19 | Mean difference: −2.7 (95% CI = −8.1 to 2.7), P = .3137 |
| RCT | Setting undefined | 7.0 ± 7.13 days | 9.7 ± 8.28 days | |
Abbreviations: AIS, ASIA Impairment Score; CI, confidence interval; IRR, incidence rate ratio; NR, not reported; RCT, randomized controlled trial; SCI, spinal cord injury.
aAuthors reported estimates adjusted for age, sex, neurologic level, injury severity score score, and vertebral injury.