@article{ref1,
title="Epidemiology of non-disaster spinal injuries at a spine unit",
journal="Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons -- Pakistan : JCPSP",
year="2010",
author="Qureshi, Muhammad Asad and Khalique, Ahmed Bilal and Pasha, Ibrahim Farooq and Asad, Ambreen and Malik, Arslan Sharif and Shah, Mian Qaisar Ali and Ahmed, A.",
volume="20",
number="10",
pages="667-670",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To describe the demography, types of injuries and their management in all non-disaster spinal injury patients admitted to the Spine Unit of a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan from 2001-2008. STUDY DESIGN: Case series. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY: Spine Unit, Orthopaedic Department, Combined Military Hospital, Rawalpindi, from April 2001 to December 2008. METHODOLOGY: Data of all new non-disaster spinal injury patient admissions, kept in a custom-built database at Spine Unit, was analyzed. Demography, type of injuries and their management was described in percentages. RESULTS: Five hundred and twenty one non-disaster patients were selected out of a total 671 new admissions with spinal injuries. Mean age was 39.1 years and 77% were males. Mechanisms of injury included; fall in 62% and road traffic accidents in 32%. Fracture dislocations and burst fractures were equally distributed (36% each). Most of the injuries (43.6%) were at T11-L1 level. Forty three percent patients had complete spinal cord injury (SCI), 33% had incomplete SCI and 24% did not have any SCI. Eight patients had concomitant spinal injury at a different level. Twelve percent patients had associated other major injuries. Seventy percent patients were treated surgically. Average follow-up was for 4 years. CONCLUSION: Non-disaster spinal injury was frequent in young males usually due to fall or road traffic accident. It involved fracture dislocation or burst fracture at T11-L1, level in most cases requiring surgical treatment. Language: en
",
language="en",
issn="1022-386X",
doi="04.2010/JCPSP.667670",
url="http://dx.doi.org/04.2010/JCPSP.667670"
}