= 0.006). These findings suggest that SCI confers substantial excess maternal risk, particularly for mortality, as well as VTE, urinary tract infection, CS, and overall resource utilization. Future work using SCI-specific registries with detailed neurological characterization and longitudinal follow-up is needed to refine risk stratification and inform multidisciplinary guidelines for pregnancy management in this population.
Michles et al. (Mon,) studied this question.