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Acute spinal cord injury (SCI) can be a distressing event that often leaves patients with severe and lasting motor, sensory, and autonomic incapacity. The worldwide prevalence of SCI is about 750 per million (Clin Orthop Surg 2018; 10:448). Current treatment modalities to improve outcomes include early surgical decompression and, optionally, methylprednisolone administration. To evaluate the effect of timing of decompressive surgery in the long-term outcome of patients with SCI, researchers conducted a pooled analysis of individual patient data from December 1991 to March 2017. Four datasets were selected, and patients' data were obtained by study authors. Patients were stratified into early (<24 hours after spinal injury) and late (≥24 hou…