Trauma Research

KEY FINDING: Advanced age, particularly among octogenarians, was significantly associated with a lack of referral to specialized rehabilitation centers.

KEY FINDING: Preoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was available to most spine surgeons on a 24/7 basis and considered mandatory prior to surgery by the majority.

KEY FINDING: The mean annual incidence of TSCI patients in the Oulu UH’s and Tampere UH’s primary referral areas was 36.6 per million

KEY FINDING: Fall injuries were the most common cause of cervical SCI, accounting for 83.3% of cases.

KEY FINDING: Older age, longer length of stay, lower Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS), higher Injury Severity Score (ISS), and tetraplegia were associated with lower motor functional scores at discharge.

KEY FINDING: The patient presented with C2–C3 dysesthesia as the primary symptom after a fall, an uncommon presentation for retro-odontoid pseudotumor.

KEY FINDING: C-spine immobilization precautions for suspected TSCI patients is the most prevalent prehospital TSCI intervention.

KEY FINDING: Individuals from racial minority groups were over-represented in the gun injury cohort, indicating a disparity in who is affected by firearm-related SCI.

KEY FINDING: The study found that proration is a reliable way to link scores between the four-item and five-item versions of the SWLS in people with spinal cord injury (SCI), traumatic brain injury (TBI), and burn injury.

KEY FINDING: VTE occurred in 0.8% of pediatric TSI patients during initial hospitalization.