Early Surgical Decompression in Cervical Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury and Its Impact on Airway and Otorhinolaryngological Outcomes

Abstract

Cervical traumatic spinal cord injury is frequentlyassociatedwithlife-threatening respiratorycompromise and significant otorhinolaryngologicalcomplications due to impaired neuromuscular controlof the airway. Early surgical decompression has been proposed to mitigate secondary injury and improvefunctional outcomes;