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Date Published: 10/12/2025
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DOI: 10.56535/jmpm.v50si4.1500
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Vol. 50 No. si4 (2025): JOURNAL OF MILITARY PHARMACO-MEDICINE - SPECIAL ISSUE 12/2025
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Special issue celebrating the 75th anniversary of Military Hospital 103
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Ngo, D. T., & Do, V. N. (2025). STUDY ON PROGNOSTIC FACTORS FOR NEUROLOGICAL RECOVERY AFTER TRAUMATIC CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY. Journal of Military Pharmaco-medicine, 50(si4), 556-564. https://doi.org/10.56535/jmpm.v50si4.1500

STUDY ON PROGNOSTIC FACTORS FOR NEUROLOGICAL RECOVERY AFTER TRAUMATIC CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY

Dinh Trung Ngo1, , Van Nam Do1
1 Bệnh viện Trung ương Quân đội 108

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Abstract

Objectives: To determine prognostic factors associated with neurological recovery after 1 year in patients undergoing surgery for traumatic cervical spinal cord injury. Methods: A retrospective, descriptive study was conducted on 106 patients with traumatic cervical spinal cord injury who underwent surgery at 108 Military Central Hospital from January 2019 to January 2024. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression were used to determine independent prognostic factors for neurological recovery. Results: The neurological recovery rate after 1 year was 50.9%. Independent prognostic factors associated with neurological recovery included early decompressive surgery, high cervical spinal cord injury, spinal cord lesion length, vasopressor use, tracheostomy, and prolonged ICU stay. A multivariate logistic regression model based on these factors showed good predictive performance with an AUC of 0.849 (p < 0.05). Conclusion: Early assessment of prognostic factors may support risk stratification and guide therapeutic and rehabilitation strategies for surgically treated patients with traumatic cervical spinal cord injury.

Keywords

Cervical spinal cord injury, Neurological recovery, Early decompressive surgery

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