Epidemiology Characteristics of Spinal Cord Injury in Hospital:1264 Cases Report
- VernacularTitle:1264例住院脊髓损伤患者的流行病学分析
- Author:
Chunxia HAO
;
Jianjun LI
;
Hongjun ZHOU
;
Haiqiong KANG
;
Shaoqiang LI
;
Genlin LIU
;
Ying ZHENG
;
Bo WEI
;
Ying ZHANG
;
Yiji WANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
spinal cord injury, epidemiology, survey
- From:
Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice
2007;13(11):1011-1013
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To investigate the epidemiology characteristics of spinal cord injury(SCI)in hospital.Methods1264 inpatients with SCI during April 1992～August 2006 were analyzed retrospectively.Results and Conclusion56.1% of the cases were 20～40 years old.Traffic trauma(44.3%)and fall injury(21.8%)were the main causes of SCI.The incidences of affected segments were:cervical segments 31.5%,thoracolumbar 28.1%,and thoracic 21.3%.56.7% were complete injury and 43.3% were incomplete.The most frequent complication of SCI were:urinary tract infection,pressure sore and bladder lithiasis.The expenditure of hospitalization was provided by oneself(52.5%),public medicalcare(33.1%),only 4.1% by hospitalization insurance.
