[Expert consensus for the management strategies of patients with acute cervical spinal cord injury combined with traumatic brain injury in adults (2026 edition)].

Acute cervical spinal cord injury (CSCI) combined with traumatic brain injury (TBI) represents a severe form of polytrauma associated with high mortality and disability. The complex clinical presentation of acute CSCI with TBI poses numerous challenges throughout the diagnostic and therapeutic process. To standardize clinical diagnostic and therapeutic workflows, the Spine Committee, Sports Medicine Branch of the Chinese Medical Doctor Association, in collaboration with a multidisciplinary team of experts, has developed this consensus based on evidence-based medicine and the modified Delphi method. By standardizing diagnostic and treatment procedures, clarifying surgical timing and sequence, optimizing anesthesia and hemodynamic management, and strengthening prevention and treatment of complications, this consensus aims to improve patient survival, promote functional recovery, and reduce complications. The ultimate goals are to enhance overall quality of care and patients' quality of life, while providing theoretical and practical foundations for future research and innovation in this field.