"Time is spine": the importance of early intervention for traumatic spinal cord injury

Christopher S Ahuja^#^{1

2}, Jetan H Badhiwala^#^{1

3}, Michael G Fehlings^{4

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
² Division of Genetics and Development, Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
³ Spinal Program, Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
⁴ Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. michael.fehlings@uhn.ca.
⁵ Division of Genetics and Development, Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada. michael.fehlings@uhn.ca.
⁶ Spinal Program, Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada. michael.fehlings@uhn.ca.

^# Contributed equally.

Review

Christopher S Ahuja et al. Spinal Cord. 2020 Sep.

. 2020 Sep;58(9):1037-1039.

doi: 10.1038/s41393-020-0477-8. Epub 2020 May 11.

Christopher S Ahuja^#^{1

2}, Jetan H Badhiwala^#^{1

3}, Michael G Fehlings^{4

5

6}

¹ Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
² Division of Genetics and Development, Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
³ Spinal Program, Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
⁴ Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. michael.fehlings@uhn.ca.
⁵ Division of Genetics and Development, Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada. michael.fehlings@uhn.ca.
⁶ Spinal Program, Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada. michael.fehlings@uhn.ca.

^# Contributed equally.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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