Early management of adult traumatic spinal cord injury in patients with polytrauma: a consensus and clinical recommendations jointly developed by the World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES) & the European Association of Neurosurgical Societies (EANS).

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateNot applicable. Consent for publicationNot applicable. Competing interests AWK serves as the PI of the COOL trial, which previously was partially supported by the 3M/Acelity Corporation until August 2022. AWK is also a member of the Canadian Forces Medical Services and has consulted for the 3M/Acelity Corporation, Zoll Medical, Innovative Trauma Care and CSL Behring. AWK is the Director of the TeleMentored Ultrasound Supported Medical Interventions (TMUSMI) Research group and serves in the Canadian Forces Medical Services. IH receives funding from the Finnish Medical Foundation, the Päivikki and Sakari Sohlberg Foundation, the Paulo Foundation and the Finnish Cultural Foundation. PJH is supported by the UK NIHR-Senior Investigator Award, Cambridge BRC, Brain Injury Medtech Co-operative, Global Health Research Group on Acquired Brain and Spine Injury and the Royal College of Surgeons of England. Competing interests  AWK serves as the PI of the COOL trial, which previously was partially supported by the 3M/Acelity Corporation until August 2022. AWK is also a member of the Canadian Forces Medical Services and has consulted for the 3M/Acelity Corporation, Zoll Medical, Innovative Trauma Care and CSL Behring. AWK is the Director of the TeleMentored Ultrasound Supported Medical Interventions (TMUSMI) Research group and serves in the Canadian Forces Medical Services. IH receives funding from the Finnish Medical Foundation, the Päivikki and Sakari Sohlberg Foundation, the Paulo Foundation and the Finnish Cultural Foundation. PJH is supported by the UK NIHR-Senior Investigator Award, Cambridge BRC, Brain Injury Medtech Co-operative, Global Health Research Group on Acquired Brain and Spine Injury and the Royal College of Surgeons of England."

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