title: The dura causes spinal cord compression after spinal cord injury.
abstract: MR scans from 65 patients with traumatic spinal cord injury were analysed; on admission 95% had evidence of cord compression - in 26% due to the dura, and in the remaining 74% due to extradural factors. Compression due to dural factors resolved with a half-life of 8.7 days. These findings suggest that bony decompression alone may not relieve spinal cord compression in the quarter of patients in whom dural factors are significant.
authors.affiliation: a Academic Neurosurgery Unit , St George's University of London , London , UK ;
authors.forename: Samira
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saadoun
authors.affiliation: a Academic Neurosurgery Unit , St George's University of London , London , UK ;
authors.forename: Melissa C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Werndle
authors.affiliation: b National Spinal Injuries Centre , Stoke Mandeville Hospital , Aylesbury , UK.
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lopez de Heredia
authors.affiliation: a Academic Neurosurgery Unit , St George's University of London , London , UK ;
authors.forename: Marios C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Papadopoulos
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D019299:Decompression, Surgical; D004388:Dura Mater / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019547:Neck Pain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Laminectomy; magnetic resonance imaging; spinal cord compression; spinal cord injury