scholarly journals Causes of death after traumatic spinal cord injury—a 70-year British study

Spinal Cord ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 55 (10) ◽  
pp. 891-897 ◽  
Author(s):  
G Savic ◽  
M J DeVivo ◽  
H L Frankel ◽  
M A Jamous ◽  
B M Soni ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Spinal Cord Injury ◽  
Causes Of Death ◽  
Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury ◽  
Cord Injury ◽  
British Study

scholarly journals Long-Term Survival and Causes of Death in Patients below the Age of 60 with Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury in Germany

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 26
Author(s):  
Roland Thietje ◽  
Birgitt Kowald ◽  
Ralf Böthig ◽  
Arndt P. Schulz ◽  
Markus Northmann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Spinal Cord Injury ◽  
Bladder Cancer ◽  
Life Expectancy ◽  
Causes Of Death ◽  
Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury ◽  
Term Survival ◽  
Age Related ◽  
Severity Of Injury ◽  
Cord Injury

To study the mortality, cause and risk indicators of death in German patients with traumatic spinal cord injury, patients with traumatic spinal cord injury admitted to Berufsgenossenschaftliches Trauma Hospital Hamburg between 1 January 1997 and 31 December 2018, aged between 16 and 60 with a minimal survival of one year after injury, were included. Further criteria were the absence of life-limiting comorbidities at the time of injury. 223 deceased patients with traumatic spinal cord injury were identified, investigated on and partly compared to the surviving subjects. We aimed to discover specific complications that were related to Spinal Cord Injury and responsible for a possibly limited life expectancy. Data collection was performed during in- and outpatient treatment. A statistical analysis was performed to compare groups. The post-injury life expectancy was 25.0 years with a significant correlation regarding the level of lesion and severity of injury. The leading causes of death were cardiovascular diseases and pneumonia. Bladder cancer was the most common fatal malignant tumor. The life expectancy of patients suffering from traumatic spinal cord injury is limited. The longer a patient survives after injury and the lower the level of lesion, the more likely an age-related cause of death becomes. Bladder cancer is significantly more frequent when compared to the overall distribution of tumor diseases in Germany.

scholarly journals Mortality and causes of death after traumatic spinal cord injury in Estonia

2013 ◽  
Vol 36 (6) ◽  
pp. 687-694 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liis Sabre ◽  
Tiina Rekand ◽  
Toomas Asser ◽  
Janika Kõrv
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Spinal Cord Injury ◽  
Causes Of Death ◽  
Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury ◽  
Cord Injury

Long-term survival after traumatic spinal cord injury: a 70-year British study

Spinal Cord ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 55 (7) ◽  
pp. 651-658 ◽  
Author(s):  
G Savic ◽  
M J DeVivo ◽  
H L Frankel ◽  
M A Jamous ◽  
B M Soni ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Spinal Cord Injury ◽  
Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury ◽  
Term Survival ◽  
Long Term Survival ◽  
Cord Injury ◽  
British Study

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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