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Effect of Early Surgical Intervention on Neurological Outcomes in Acute Spinal Cord Injury: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Cureus · 2025 · PMC12714004 · PMID 41426884

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near-significantp = 0.05actually significant
The near-significant finding for AMS improvement (p = 0.05) suggests that the true effect may be clinically meaningful and that our analysis may have been underpowered to detect statistical significance.

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did not reach statistical significanceno p-value reported
The pooled analysis showed an OR of 1.37 (95% CI: 0.90 to 2.10; p = 0.14), favoring early intervention; however, this difference did not reach statistical significance.

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