@article{ref1,
title="Epidemiological aspects of spinal traumas: about 139 cases",
journal="Pan African medical journal",
year="2017",
author="Bemora, Joseph Synèse and Rakotondraibe, Willy Francis and Ramarokoto, Mijoro and Ratovondrainy, Willy and Andriamamonjy, Clément",
volume="26",
number="",
pages="e16-e16",
abstract="Spinal trauma is one of the most common types of injuries among victims of traffic accidents, sports accidents, domestic accidents and workplace accidents. We conducted a 3-year retrospective study of 139 cases of spinal trauma hospitalized and treated in the Neurosurgery department of the CHUJRA, Madagascar. This study shows that 25.17% of injured patients were between 21 and 30 years of age, with a clear male predominance (69.78%; sex ratio 2.3). Falls were the dominating traumatic injury mechanism (33.09%) with risk factors including alcohol use (8.63%). Spinal injuries occurred in patients with polytrauma, of whom 34.63% had cranial trauma. Patients were admitted to the department within 1-5 hours after the trauma in 31.65% of cases, using private car as their means of transport 36.69% of cases. During the hospitalization 20 patients signed the discharge form and 6.34% of patients died. Spinal trauma is a public health problem requiring high intensity management, especially for patients with life-long disabilities. Any spine trauma requires a diligent search for cranial lesion.<p /> <p>Language: fr</p>",
language="fr",
issn="1937-8688",
doi="10.11604/pamj.2017.26.16.11350",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2017.26.16.11350"
}