@article{ref1,
title="Epidemiological features of traumatic spinal cord injury in Anhui Province, China",
journal="Spinal Cord",
year="2013",
author="Wang, H. F. and Yin, Z. S. and Chen, Y. and Duan, Z. H. and Hou, S. and He, J.",
volume="51",
number="1",
pages="20-22",
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.Spinal Cord advance online publication, 4 September 2012; doi:10.1038/sc.2012.92.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1362-4393",
doi="10.1038/sc.2012.92",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sc.2012.92"
}