Michael L Jackson, Samuel C Thomas, Matthew R Joyner, Mengjie Hu, Yann-Leei Larry Lee, Thomas Capasso, Nathan M Polite, Christopher M Kinnard, Maryann I Mbaka, Ashley Williams, Jon D Simmons, Charles C Butts
INTRODUCTION: Treatment of spine fractures may require periods of prolonged immobilization which prevents effective pulmonary toileting. We hypothesized that patients with longer time to mobilization, as measured by time to first physical therapy (PT) session, would have higher pulmonary complications. METHODS: We performed a retrospective review of all trauma patients with cervical and thoracolumbar spinal fractures admitted to a level 1 trauma center over a 12-month period...
April 3, 2024: American Surgeon