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Table 1 Summary of various prognosis and outcome studies on spinal cord ischemiaa

From: A patient presenting with intact sensory modalities in acute spinal cord ischemia syndrome: a case report

Source

Patients

Mean follow-up

Neurological syndrome (%)

Severity of initial motor deficit (%)

Outcome (%)

Salvador de la Barrera et al. [10]

36

19.9 ± 30 months

ASAS (100)

ASIA A (19.4)

Full walking ability (18)

    

ASIA B (27.8)

Walk with aids (25)

    

ASIA C (30.6)

Wheelchair user (57)

    

ASIA D (19.4)

Dead (22.2)

Nedeltchev et al. [6]

57

4.5 ± 4 years

ASAS (67)

ASIA A (12)

Full walking ability (41)

   

PSAS (3)

ASIA B (18)

Walk with aids (30)

   

BSS (18)

ASIA C (28)

Wheelchair user (20)

   

CSCT (12)

ASIA D (42)

Dead (9)

Cheshire et al. [1]

44

1.2 ± 2 years

No data

Paraplegia (57)

Full walking ability (11)

    

Paraperesis (41)

Walking with aids (27)

     

Wheelchair user (44)

     

Dead (18)

Iseli et al. [12]

28

6 months

No data

ASIA motor score (mean) 57.22

Full walking ability or ability to walk with aids (25)

  1. Abbreviations: ASIA American Spinal Injury Association, ASAS Anterior spinal artery syndrome, PSAS Posterior spinal artery syndrome, BSS Brown-Séquard syndrome, CSCT Complete spinal cord transaction
  2. aAdapted with permission from Nedeltchev et al. [6]. A comparison of the clinical characteristics and outcome measures reported in four different studies on spinal cord ischemia highlighting the large differences between groups and the scarcity of long-term follow-up studies with large sample sizes.
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