Table 6

Spine surgeon traumatic SCI practice differences based on the number of cases managed per year.

Practice Regarding SCIs	Number of Cases of Acute SCI You Manage per Year						P Value
	<10		10–20		>20
	No	%	No	%	No	%
Your practice regarding giving steroids in an acute SCI patient							0.528
I never give steroids	20	40.0%	9	39.1%	14	56.0%
I give if injury is less than 8 h	12	24.0%	5	21.7%	6	24.0%
I give if injury is less than 24 h	11	22.0%	5	21.7%	5	20.0%
I give regardless of time of the injury	7	14.0%	4	17.4%	0	0.0%
If you give steroids, how long do you keep the patient on it?							0.191
1 dose	6	20.0%	1	7.1%	0	0.0%
Up to 12 h	0	0.0%	1	7.1%	0	0.0%
Up to 24 h	13	43.3%	4	28.6%	7	63.6%
Up to 48 h	11	36.7%	8	57.1%	4	36.4%
Steroid medication administered							0.628
Dexamethasone	13	43.3%	6	42.9%	3	27.3%
Methylprednisolone sodium succinate	17	56.7%	8	57.1%	8	72.7%
Do you admit isolated SCI patients in high-dependency unit?							0.029^{^a}
Yes, all of them	22	44.0%	7	30.4%	5	20.0%
Only cervical cord injury	16	32.0%	14	60.9%	10	40.0%
Depends on availability of beds	6	12.0%	2	8.7%	8	32.0%
None of them	6	12.0%	0	0.0%	2	8.0%
Do you aim to keep the mean arterial pressure in a certain range?							0.550
Yes	41	82.0%	19	82.6%	18	72.0%
No	9	18.0%	4	17.4%	7	28.0%
Do you try to do early decompression?							0.324
I always do decompression in less than 24 h of the injury	32	64.0%	15	65.2%	11	44.0%
I believe in early decompression, but the facility does not allow this practice	6	12.0%	3	13.0%	7	28.0%
Whenever operating room time is available	6	12.0%	3	13.0%	6	24.0%
I don't believe early decompression adds neurological benefit	6	12.0%	2	8.7%	1	4.0%