TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Epidemiological features of traumatic spinal cord injury in Anhui Province, China
JO  - Spinal Cord
A1  - Wang, H. F.
A1  - Yin, Z. S.
A1  - Chen, Y.
A1  - Duan, Z. H.
A1  - Hou, S.
A1  - He, J.
SP  - 20
EP  - 22
VL  - 51
IS  - 1
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1362-4393
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sc.2012.92
ID  - ref1
ER  -