Traumatic and non-traumatic spinal cord injury: Demographic characteristics, neurological and functional outcomes. A 7-year single centre experience

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Alito ◽  
V. Filardi ◽  
F. Famà ◽  
D. Bruschetta ◽  
C. Ruggeri ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Spinal Cord Injury ◽  
Functional Outcomes ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury ◽  
Single Centre ◽  
Single Centre Experience ◽  
Cord Injury

It is Never Too Late to Start: Functional Outcomes Following a Delayed Comprehensive Rehabilitation Program for Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury Patients

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 91-95
Author(s):  
Sumit Banerjee ◽  
Amol Khade ◽  
Mohammed Y Aijaz ◽  
Manish Mishra ◽  
Trupti Shende ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Spinal Cord Injury ◽  
Functional Outcomes ◽  
Rehabilitation Program ◽  
Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury ◽  
Cord Injury ◽  
Comprehensive Rehabilitation

scholarly journals Demographic characteristics and functional outcomes in patients with traumatic and nontraumatic spinal cord injuries

2012 ◽  
Vol 69 (12) ◽  
pp. 1061-1066 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sasa Milicevic ◽  
Zoran Bukumiric ◽  
Aleksandra Karadzov-Nikolic ◽  
Rade Babovic ◽  
Slobodan Jankovic
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Spinal Cord Injury ◽  
Functional Outcomes ◽  
Spinal Cord Injuries ◽  
Case Series ◽  
Functional Independence ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Case Series Study ◽  
Cord Injury ◽  
Detailed Medical History

Background/Aim. Spinal cord injuries (SCI) could be associated with a significant functional impairment in the areas of mobility, self-care, bowel and bladder emptying and sexuality. The aim of this study was to compare demographic characteristics and functional outcomes of nontraumatic and traumatic spinal cord injury patients. Methods. This study was designed as retrospective case series study. A detailed medical history including sex, age, mode of trauma, and clinical and radiological examination was taken for all patients. Hospital records were used to classify the patients according to the following: mechanism of injury, neurological level of injury, functional outcomes, associated injuries, method of treatment, secondary complications and length of stay. The following clinical scores were measured in the patients: American Spinal Injury Association standards (CASTA), Functional Independence Measure (FIM), and Modified Aschworth score (MAS). Results. Out of totally 441 patients with spinal cord injury, 279 were traumatic patients (TSCI) and 162 nontraumatic patients (NTSCI); 322 men and 119 women. The mean age of the patients was 46.1 ? 19.9 years. Traumatic and nontraumatic populations showed several significant differences with regard to age, level and severity of lesion. When adjusted for these factors patients with traumatic injuries showed a significantly lower FIM score at admission and significantly better improvement in the FIM score at discharge. The two populations were discharged with similar functional outcome. Conclusions. The NTSCI patients in our study were younger, more frequently female, with less complications before rehabilitation and less frequently treated operatively than the TSCI patients. Hospital rehabilitation of the TSCI patients was longer than that of the NTSCI patients, but their functional gain from admission was also higher, so at discharge. Traumatic and nontraumatic spinal cord lesion patients achieved similar results in regard to neurological and functional status.

scholarly journals Demographic characteristics after traumatic and non-traumatic spinal cord injury: a retrospective comparison study

Spinal Cord ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 48 (12) ◽  
pp. 862-866 ◽  
Author(s):  
S N S Cosar ◽  
O U Yemisci ◽  
P Oztop ◽  
N Cetin ◽  
B Sarifakioglu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Spinal Cord Injury ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury ◽  
Comparison Study ◽  
Retrospective Comparison ◽  
Cord Injury

scholarly journals Predictors of functional outcomes in adults with traumatic spinal cord injury following inpatient rehabilitation: A systematic review

2016 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 282-294 ◽  
Author(s):  
Faisal AlHuthaifi ◽  
Joseph Krzak ◽  
Timothy Hanke ◽  
Lawrence C. Vogel
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Spinal Cord Injury ◽  
Functional Outcomes ◽  
Inpatient Rehabilitation ◽  
Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury ◽  
Cord Injury

The changing demographics of traumatic spinal cord injury in Beijing, China: a single-centre report of 2448 cases over 7 years

Spinal Cord ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hongwei Liu ◽  
Jun Liu ◽  
Minxin Shen ◽  
Xinghua Yang ◽  
Liangjie Du ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Spinal Cord Injury ◽  
Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury ◽  
Single Centre ◽  
Cord Injury ◽  
Changing Demographics ◽  
Beijing China

Neurological Recovery in Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury Patient with Delayed Surgical Intervention

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 34
Author(s):  
Mochamad Targib Alatas
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Spinal Cord Injury ◽  
Surgical Intervention ◽  
Case Series ◽  
Spinal Cord Injury Patient ◽  
Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury ◽  
Best Interest ◽  
Score Improvement ◽  
Cord Injury ◽  
Injury Patient

Early surgical treatment for traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) patients has been proven to yield better improvement on neurological state, and widely practiced among surgeons in this field. However, it is not always affordable in every clinical setting. It is undeniable that surgery for chronic SCI has more challenges as the malunion of vertebral bones might have initiated, thus requires more complex operating techniques. In this case series, we report 7 patients with traumatic SCI whose surgical intervention is delayed due to several reasons. Initial motoric scores vary from 0 to 3, all have their interval periods supervised between outpatient clinic visits. On follow up they demonstrate significant neurological development defined by at least 2 grades motoric score improvement. Physical rehabilitation also began before surgery was conducted. These results should encourage surgeons to keep striving for the patient’s best interest, even when the injury has taken place weeks or even months before surgery is feasible because clinical improvement for these patients is not impossible. 

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