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The canal diameter at the MSCC was measured on the middle sagittal FSE-T2W images at the maximum level of injury.<\/jats:p>\n                <jats:p>The America Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) motor score was used for neurological assessment at hospital admission. At 12-month follow-up all patients were examined with the SCIM questionnaire.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>At linear regression analysis, the length of the spinal cord lesion [<jats:italic>\u03b2<\/jats:italic> coefficient \u221210.35, 95% confidence interval (CI)\u221213.71 to\u22126.99; <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.001], the diameter of the canal at the level of the MSCC (<jats:italic>\u03b2<\/jats:italic> coefficient 6.99, 95% CI 0.65 to 13.33; <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.032), and the intramedullary hemorrhage (<jats:italic>\u03b2<\/jats:italic>\u00a0coefficient \u2009\u2212\u200920.76, 95% CI\u2009\u2212\u200938.70 to\u2009\u2212\u20092.82; <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.025), were significantly associated with the score at the SCIM questionnaire at one year follow-up: shorter spinal cord lesion, greater diameter of the canal at the level of the MSCC, and absence of intramedullary hemorrhage were predictors of better outcome.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>According to the findings of our study, the spinal length lesion, canal diameter at the level of spinal cord compression and intramedullary hematoma documented by the preoperative MRI study were associated with the prognosis of patients with cSCI.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1007\/s00586-023-07560-4","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,4,6]],"date-time":"2023-04-06T00:02:09Z","timestamp":1680739329000},"page":"1584-1590","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":24,"title":["Prognostic MRI parameters in acute traumatic cervical spinal cord injury"],"prefix":"10.1007","volume":"32","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7305-6951","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"M.","family":"Dobran","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"D.","family":"Aiudi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"V.","family":"Liverotti","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"M. 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