Correction to: Management and prognosis of acute traumatic cervical central cord syndrome: systematic review and Spinal Cord Society—Spine Trauma Study Group position statement

Correction to: European Spine Journal (2019) 28:2390–2407 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-019-06085-z

Unfortunately, the original version of this article has been published with misplaced data under the heading “Meta-analysis”. The details of the corrections and the corrected Fig. 2 are given.

• 1. Page 10, Right Column, 4th Paragraph, Line 9

The text “Figure 2c shows Forest plot including three studies [7, 11, 18] with 109 subjects (54 in surgical and 55 in conservative management).” needs to be replaced by “Figure 2c shows Forest plot including two studies [7, 18] with 62 subjects (31 in surgical and 31 in conservative management).”

• 2. Page 10, Right Column, 4th Paragraph, Line 13–14

The text “[MD = 2.35, 95%CI (− 5.38–10.07); I² = 98%, p value = 0.550]” needs to be replaced by [MD = 6.92, 95%CI (− 5.58–19.41); I² = 98%, p value = 0.280]

• 3. Page 10, Right Column, 4th Paragraph, Line 16–17

The text “[MD = 19.70, 95%CI (9.24–30.16); I² = 99%, p value < 0.001]” needs to be replaced by [MD = 23.90, 95%CI (14.45–33.35); I² = 96%, p value < 0.001]

• 4. Page 10, Right Column, 4th Paragraph, Line 18–19

The text “[MD = 13.36, 95%CI (5.37–21.35); I² = 97%, p value = 0.001]” needs to be replaced by [MD = 17.57, 95%CI (7.25–27.88); I² = 95%, p value = 0.0008]

Fig. 2

Forest plots of ASIA scores. a ASIA Score-Surgical group, b ASIA Score-Conservative group, c Surgical versus Conservative group