title: [Multicenter coordination and future strategy in spinal cord injuries].
abstract: Recovery of neurologic function after traumatic injury to the spinal cord can be significantly improved provided prompt medico-surgical decision is being taken, aiming at limiting post traumatic tissue damages extension. In an effort to optimize the triage of these patients, we set a multicentric emergency network program, involving cooperating staff from first care, surgical and rehabilitation departments. This program has allowed us to reduce substantially the time between trauma and medico-surgical treatment. Our first objective was to obtain spinal cord decompression and spinal stabilization as quickly as possible, the set-time limit being 8 hours at most after trauma. This emergency network being operational, we started a multicentric study to test whether the neurologic recovery following a spinal cord injury could be further improved by adding.
authors.affiliation: Service de Neurochirgurgie, Hôpital Charles Nicolle, Rouen.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tadié
mesh_terms: D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005544:Forecasting; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D010348:Patient Care Team; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000628:therapy*; D014218:Triage
vernacular_title: Coordination multicentrique et stratégie du futur dans les traumatismes de la moelle épinière.