Title: Spine Injury Patterns in Adults: A Retrospective Study in a Tertiary Care Institute of North India
Authors: Dr Yawar Haider, Dr Tanveer Ahmed Bhat, Dr Imtiyaz Ahmad Beigh
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v7i9.114
Abstract
Background: To study epidemiological behaviour of spine fracture patterns in adult patients attending to a tertiary care hospital and their analysis with respect to age ,gender, mode of trauma, neurological deficit if any and associated injuries.
Materials and Methods: All patients with acute spinal injury admitted to our hospital from May 2016 to December
2018 were included in this study. Each case was analysed with respect to given variables (age, gender, mode of injury, neurological deficit and associated injuries)
Results: There were 430 patients of acute spine trauma (260 males, 170 females in the age group 18 and above with mean age of 38.3 years) admitted in our orthopaedics department over 32 months period. 6.5 percent mortality was seen in patients admitted to the department. Lumbar spine injuries were more common followed by dorsal spine and cervical spine with thoracolumbar region accounting for most of the injuries.
Conclusions: Our study demonstrates relevance between spine fracture patterns and their mode of injuries.
Most patients were in the middle age group (31-40 years) with falls accounting for about 53.4% of injuries
Keywords: Spine trauma, Mode of trauma, Neurological deficit, thoracolumbar.
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