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Traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) remains a devastating neurological disorder leading to severe consequences for the affected individual and their families.Further,socioeconomic implications should not be neglected as well.Although life expectancy after SCI increased tremendously,therapeutic treatment options remain limited.Within the last decades we have experienced serious progress in operative and intensive care management after SCI,which most likely affects the outcome for patients and their relatives positively.