TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2015//
TI  - Age- and gender-specific clinical characteristics of acute adult spine fractures in China
JO  - International orthopaedics
A1  - Tian, Ye
A1  - Zhu, Yanbin
A1  - Yin, Bing
A1  - Zhang, Fei
A1  - Liu, Bo
A1  - Chen, Wenxue
A1  - Zhang, Yingze
SP  - 347
EP  - 353
VL  - 40
IS  - 2
N2  - PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to investigate the age- and gender-specific clinical characteristics of adult spine fractures in China. <br><br>METHOD: A retrospective investigation was performed on consecutive patients with acute spinal fractures in 83 hospitals of 31 provinces in China between January 2010 and December 2011. All adult patients (≥16 years) with spinal column fracture were included, while pathologic, old, and periprosthetic fractures were excluded. Each patient was analysed by reviewing the medical records and initial radiographs. <br><br>RESULTS: There were 54,533 adult patients with spinal column fractures, accounting for 14.57 % of overall fractures. The medium age was 57 years (range 16-100 years). There were 27,466 male patients with medium age of 49 years and 27,067 females with medium age of 63 years. The male to female ratio was 1.01:1 in study. It was 1.74:1 in patients less than 59 years, and 0.51:1 above 60 years. The most common injury site was L1, which accounted for 33.83 % of cases. In the AO classification, the 53A and 52A groups comprised 85.53 % of all fractures. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: This study demonstrates the age- and gender-specific clinical characteristics of adults spine fractures and reveals a significant relationship among ages, sex, fracture localisation and complexity of spine fractures. Using the age of patients, the likelihood of sustaining adult spine fractures is predictable.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0341-2695
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00264-015-3025-y
ID  - ref1
ER  -