Impact of delayed diagnosis on surgical management and neurological outcomes in elderly patients with cervical spinal cord injury without radiographic evidence of trauma: a multicenter registry study

Spinal Cord 2026

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Authors: Tomohiro Yamada, Yu Yamato, Tomohiko Hasegawa, Yukihiro Matsuyama, Noriaki Yokogawa, Takeshi Sasagawa, Hiroaki Nakashima, Naoki Segi, Sadayuki Ito, Toru Funayama, Fumihiko Eto, Akihiro Yamaji
+48 more Kota Watanabe, Satoshi Nori, Kazuki Takeda, Takeo Furuya, Atsushi Yunde, Hideaki Nakajima, Yoshinori Terashima, Ryosuke Hirota, Hidenori Suzuki, Yasuaki Imajo, Shota Ikegami, Masashi Uehara, Hitoshi Tonomura, Munehiro Sakata, Ko Hashimoto, Yoshito Onoda, Kenichi Kawaguchi, Yohei Haruta, Nobuyuki Suzuki, Kenji Kato, Hiroshi Uei, Hirokatsu Sawada, Kazuo Nakanishi, Hidetomi Terai, Koji Tamai, Akiyoshi Kuroda, Gen Inoue, Kenichiro Kakutani, Yuji Kakiuchi, Katsuhito Kiyasu, Hiroyuki Tominaga, Yoichi Iizuka, Eiji Takasawa, Koji Akeda, Norihiko Takegami, Haruki Funao, Yasushi Oshima, Takashi Kaito, Daisuke Sakai, Toshitaka Yoshii, Tetsuro Ohba, Bungo Otsuki, Shoji Seki, Masashi Miyazaki, Masayuki Ishihara, Seiji Okada, Shiro Imagama, Satoshi Kato
DOI: 10.1038/s41393-026-01185-2
Cited by: 0
References: 24

Fields of Study & Subjects

Spinal Cord Injury Research Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy

Publication details

Journal / source
Spinal Cord
Volume
64
Issue
4
Pages
324–330
Publication date
11 March 2026
Language
EN