Brain Disorders & Therapy

Does surgery finally improve the neurological status of the patients with cervical trauma?

7^th International Conference on Neurological Disorders & Stroke

September 20-21, 2018 | Rome, Italy

Nikova Aleksandrina Sasheva

Democritus University of Thrace, Greece

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: Brain Disord Ther

Abstract:

Objective: The incidence of the cervical spine???s injury ranges from 3 to 7% of the reported traumas. It represents a serious condition that could lead to permanent deterioration and dysfunction. The cost of the therapy is constantly growing, raising a concern, whether the therapy of the patients should be reevaluated. Methods: In this regard, The American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) has created a score system evaluating the neurological outcome. The surgical therapy, however, reveals a variety of neurological outcomes. And because of this, we tried to link the neurological outcome of the ASIA/Frankel score system to the final result of the surgery, thus performing a literature research on MEDLINE. The included data were divided into age groups and later, into surgical groups based on the age. Afterwards, the articles were processed with a statistical program. Results: The results shows that the therapeutical techniques are unequal regarding the final neurological outcome and age, as well as the initial neurological ASIA score are significant factors predicting the effectiveness of surgery for the concrete group. Conclusions: The results reveal an interesting point leading us to the conclusion that the therapy of the spinal injuries should be reevaluated, concerning the age and the therapeutical approach. The neurological outcome is a sensitive matter and should be treated carefully with the highest cooperation attention of the health care personal.

Biography :

Nikova Aleksandrina Sasheva started her Residency in Neurosurgery in September 2018. She is currently pursuing her PhD in the Department of Neurosurgery at Democritus University of Thrace, Greece. Since May 2018 she is a Mentor for "Fundamental neuroscience for neuroimaging" (a course) designed by Johns Hopkins University.

E-mail: Nikovaalex@gmail.com