Readmission after spinal cord injury: analysis of an institutional cohort of 795 patients.

Background: Recent studies in other fields have suggested that healthcare on the weekend may have worse outcomes. In particular, patients with stroke and acute cardiovascular events have shown worse outcomes with weekend treatment. It is unclear whether this extends to patients with spinal cord injury.

Effects of open and endoscopic surgery on skull growth and calvarial vault volumes in sagittal synostosis.

Background: There have been conflicting reports on how sagittal synostosis affects cranial vault volume (CVV) and which surgical approach best normalizes skull volume. In this study, we compared CVV and cranial index (CI) of children with sagittal synostosis (before and after surgery) with those of control subjects. We also compared the effect of repair type on surgical outcome.