Table 2 RHSCIR and surgeon survey data for sample scenarios (n, %)

From: An analysis of ideal and actual time to surgery after traumatic spinal cord injury in Canada

Neurology at admission

RHSCIR

Survey

 

Surgery=yes (n=1050; %)

Surgery=no (n=172; %)

Surgery=yes

Surgery=no

   

Actual (%)

Ideal (%)

Actual (%)

Ideal (%)

AIS=A/B, SNL=cervical

363 (92.1)

31 (7.9)

31 (100)

31 (100)

0 (0)

0 (0)

AIS C, SNL=cervical

166 (82.2)

36 (17.8)

29 (93.5)

30 (96.8)

2 (6.5)

1 (3.2)

AIS=D, SNL=cervical

274 (75.1)

91 (24.9)

23 (74.2)

24 (77.4)

8 (25.8)

7 (22.6)

AIS A/B/C/D, SNL=thoracic

247 (94.6)

14 (5.4)

31 (100)

30 (96.8)

0 (0)

1 (3.2)

  1. Abbreviations: AIS, ASIA Impairment Scale; SNL, single neurological level.