Table 3

Spine surgeon traumatic spinal cord injury practice differences based on school of training.

Practice Regarding Spinal Cord Injuries	School of Training						P Value
	Local		European		North American
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Your practice regarding giving steroids in acute spinal cord–injured patient							0.049^{^a}
I never give steroids	6	28.6%	9	42.9%	28	50.0%
I give if injury is less than 8 h	6	28.6%	3	14.3%	14	25.0%
I give if injury is less than 24 h	8	38.1%	5	23.8%	8	14.3%
I give regardless of time of the injury	1	4.8%	4	19.0%	6	10.7%
If you give steroids, how long do you keep the patient on it?							0.834
1 dose	1	6.7%	2	16.7%	4	14.3%
Up to 12 h	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	3.6%
Up to 24 h	8	53.3%	6	50.0%	10	35.7%
Up to 48 h	6	40.0%	4	33.3%	13	46.4%
Steroid medication administered							0.676
Dexamethasone	5	33.3%	6	50.0%	11	39.3%
Methylprednisolone sodium succinate	10	66.7%	6	50.0%	17	60.7%
Do you admit isolated spinal cord injury patients in the high-dependency unit?							0.307
Yes, all of them	5	23.8%	4	19.0%	25	44.6%
Only cervical cord injury	10	47.6%	12	57.1%	18	32.1%
Depends on availability of beds	4	19.0%	4	19.0%	8	14.3%
None of them	2	9.5%	1	4.8%	5	8.9%
Do you aim to keep the mean arterial pressure in a certain range?							0.044^{^a}
Yes	18	85.7%	13	61.9%	47	83.9%
No	3	14.3%	8	38.1%	9	16.1%
Do you try to do early decompression?							0.427
I always do decompression in less than 24 h of the injury	11	52.4%	11	52.4%	36	64.3%
I believe in early decompression, but the facility does not allow this practice	6	28.6%	2	9.5%	8	14.3%
Whenever operating room time is available	2	9.5%	5	23.8%	8	14.3%
I don’t believe early decompression adds neurological benefit	2	9.5%	3	14.3%	4	7.1%