TY - JOUR PY - 2007// TI - Spinal cord injuries in material of Department of Forensic Medicine in 2001-2005 JO - Archiwum Medycyny Sadowej i Kryminologii A1 - Niemcunowicz-Janica, Anna A1 - Janica, Jacek Robert A1 - Ptaszyńska-Sarosiek, Iwona SP - 298 EP - 301 VL - 57 IS - 3 N2 - Spinal cord injuries (SCI) are becoming an increasingly grave problem in therapeutic management and medico-legal evaluations. The objective of the study was an analysis of SCI cases and a presentation of observations made while reviewing the archival records of medico-legal evaluations in civil law and insurance cases in the years 2001 to 2005. In this period, 43 SCI cases were evaluated, accounting for 10.2% of the total caseload. The highest incidence of SCI was noted in participants of traffic accidents and involved both drivers and passengers. The cervical spine was affected most frequently (60.4%), including 44.2% injuries to the perispinal tissues.

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