@article{ref1,
title="A demographic profile of traumatic and non-traumatic spinal injury cases: a hospital-based study from India",
journal="Spinal Cord",
year="2007",
author="Agarwal, P. and Upadhyay, P. and Raja, K.",
volume="45",
number="9",
pages="597–602-597–602",
abstract="Study design and subjects: Retrospective descriptive analysis of data of patients with spinal injuries admitted to a tertiary referral medical center from January 1, 2003 to December 31, 2004.</p>  <p>Objectives: To identify the demographic profile of patients with spinal injuries admitted in this hospital.Setting:Medical records department, Kasturba Hospital, Manipal, Karnataka, India.</p>  <p>Methods: A total of 207 patients with traumatic and non-traumatic spinal injuries were included in the study. The patient characteristics that were included were age groups, neurologic status, mode and neurological level of injury, management and recovery pattern.</p>  <p>Results: Ratio of men to women who sustained spinal injuries was 3.6:1. The maximum number of patients was in the age range of 20-39 years. The different levels of spine that sustained injuries were cervical spine (36.2%), thoracic spine (34.3%) and lumbar spine (29.5%). There were 118 patients with neurological deficit. Mechanisms of injury recorded were fall from height (58.9%), fall of weight (7.2%), motor vehicle accidents (21.3%) and non-traumatic causes (12.6%). Of these 207 spinal injury patients, 74.4% were managed conservatively, whereas 25.6% patients were managed surgically.</p>  <p>Observation: This study gives a preliminary overview of the characteristics of patients with spinal injuries in this hospital.</p>  <p></p>  <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1362-4393",
doi="10.1038/sj.sc.3102005",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.sc.3102005"
}