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However, there has yet to be agreement on what constitutes \u201cearly\u201d surgery; reported thresholds range from 8 to 72\u2009h. To address this knowledge gap, we conducted an observational cohort study using data from the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Trauma Quality Improvement Program (TQIP) from 2010 to 2016. The association between time from hospital arrival to surgical intervention and risk of major complications was assessed using restricted cubic splines. Propensity score matching was then used to assess the association between delayed surgery and risk of complications. Across 354 trauma centers 4108 adult TLSCI patients who underwent surgery were included. Median time-to-surgery was 18.8\u2009h (interquartile range [IQR]: 7.4\u201340.9\u2009h). The spline model suggests the risk of major complication rises consistently after a 12-h surgical wait-time. 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