Browse the latest research summaries in the field of trauma for spinal cord injury patients and caregivers.
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Spinal Cord Series and Cases, 2021 • September 19, 2021
Dual lesion SCI is a rare condition involving two distinct regions of injury to the spinal cord, posing unique challenges in evaluation, management, and classification. This case report presents a pat...
KEY FINDING: The patient initially presented with a T6 ASIA Impairment Scale (AIS) B paraplegia due to a gunshot wound to the T5 vertebra.
International Journal of Surgery Case Reports, 2021 • October 16, 2021
This case report details the management of a 53-year-old male who sustained a thoracolumbar fracture-dislocation and a diaphragmatic hernia after a motorbike accident. The patient presented with parap...
KEY FINDING: The case demonstrates the rare co-occurrence of traumatic diaphragmatic hernia with thoracolumbar fracture-dislocation and spinal cord injury.
J Neurosurg Spine, 2022 • August 1, 2022
This study identified risk factors for sepsis following vertebral fracture repair for traumatic spinal injury. Key risk factors include cervical spine injuries, spinal cord injuries, pre-existing como...
KEY FINDING: Cervical spine injuries and spinal cord injuries are significantly associated with an increased risk of developing sepsis after vertebral fracture repair.
Spinal Cord Series and Cases, 2022 • January 5, 2022
This retrospective study aimed to determine the incidence of hyponatremia and associated factors in patients with traumatic cervical spinal cord injury (SCI). The study found a high incidence of hypon...
KEY FINDING: Hyponatremia developed in 43.9% of traumatic cervical SCI patients.
North American Spine Society Journal (NASSJ), 2021 • March 21, 2021
The current study revealed spinal fractures and/or cord injuries had high incidences of associated injuries that had a predominance of local distribution. These findings, in combination with the mortal...
KEY FINDING: Associated bony and internal organ injuries were common, occurring in 63% of cervical spine injury patients, 79% of thoracic spine injury patients, and 71% of lumbar spine injury patients.
Injury Epidemiology, 2022 • March 8, 2022
This study provides an overview of the extent of the issue and patient complexity necessary for planning the health-care management and injury prevention of CS-Fx. The typical CS-Fx patient was an eld...
KEY FINDING: The overall crude incidence rate of CS-Fx in Norway was 14.9/100,000 person-years.
J Neurosurg Spine, 2023 • February 24, 2023
This study analyzed data from the National Trauma Data Bank to investigate sports-related traumatic spinal injuries (TSIs) in adults from 2011 to 2014. The research aimed to determine the common mecha...
KEY FINDING: Cycling injuries were the most common cause of sports-related TSIs, accounting for 80.9% of cases.
Spinal Cord Series and Cases, 2022 • April 1, 2022
This retrospective study analyzed 33 patients with SCI due to diving accidents in South Korea, revealing that these injuries predominantly affect young men and often result in severe functional impair...
KEY FINDING: SCI due to diving accidents most commonly occurred in swimming pools in holiday lodges (36.4%).
Archives of Academic Emergency Medicine, 2022 • January 31, 2022
This meta-analysis investigated the efficacy of ultra-early decompression surgery (within 12 hours) compared to early or late surgery for spinal cord injuries. The study found that ultra-early surgery...
KEY FINDING: Ultra-early decompression surgery significantly improves patients’ neurological status compared to early or late decompression surgery.
Journal of Spine Surgery, 2022 • March 1, 2022
This case report presents a unique instance of an intradural disc herniation following a cervical facet dislocation, which was difficult to identify on pre-operative MRI. The management involved a com...
KEY FINDING: Intradural disc herniations can be missed on MRI in cervical spinal trauma cases.