H F Wang1, Z S Yin, Y Chen, Z H Duan, S Hou, J He. 1. Department of Orthopaedics, the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Anhui, China.
Abstract
STUDY DESIGN: A retrospective hospital-based study. OBJECTIVES: To describe the epidemiologic features of traumatic spinal cord injury (TSCI) in Anhui Province. SETTING: Two hospitals within Anhui Province, China. METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed the hospital records on all patients with TSCI, admitted between 1 January 2007 and 31 December 2010 (n=761). Variables included age, gender, occupation, neurological level, severity of injury, cause and treatment. RESULTS: Seven hundred and sixty-one cases of TSCI were identified. Five hundred and eighty eight were males (77.3%) and 173 were females (22.7%), with a mean age of 45 years (s.d.=13, range from 5 to 87). Fall from height was the leading cause of injury (52.6%), followed by transport (21.2%). The neurological lesion levels were cervical (46.3%), lumbosacral (33.3%) and thoracic (20.4%). CONCLUSION: Prevention strategies for TSCI should target 30-60 age group, males, farmers and fall from height. The results of this study will serve as a basis for further studies on TSCI. The prevention strategies and treatment should be designed according to the injury features.
STUDY DESIGN: A retrospective hospital-based study. OBJECTIVES: To describe the epidemiologic features of traumatic spinal cord injury (TSCI) in Anhui Province. SETTING: Two hospitals within Anhui Province, China. METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed the hospital records on all patients with TSCI, admitted between 1 January 2007 and 31 December 2010 (n=761). Variables included age, gender, occupation, neurological level, severity of injury, cause and treatment. RESULTS: Seven hundred and sixty-one cases of TSCI were identified. Five hundred and eighty eight were males (77.3%) and 173 were females (22.7%), with a mean age of 45 years (s.d.=13, range from 5 to 87). Fall from height was the leading cause of injury (52.6%), followed by transport (21.2%). The neurological lesion levels were cervical (46.3%), lumbosacral (33.3%) and thoracic (20.4%). CONCLUSION: Prevention strategies for TSCI should target 30-60 age group, males, farmers and fall from height. The results of this study will serve as a basis for further studies on TSCI. The prevention strategies and treatment should be designed according to the injury features.
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