Open AccessTHE RESULTS OF EXAMINATION OF MEDICAL CARE QUALITY FOR ASSOCIATED VERTEBRO-SPINAL-CORD INJURY
Author(s) -
В В Щедренок,
Ігор Валентинович Яковенко,
С. В. Орлов,
Irina A. Simonova,
П. В. Красношлык,
О В Могучая
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
travmatologiâ i ortopediâ rossii
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2542-0933
pISSN - 2311-2905
DOI - 10.21823/2311-2905-2010-0-1-102-105
Subject(s) - medicine , spinal cord , spinal cord injury , cord , medical care , stage (stratigraphy) , spinal trauma , surgery , emergency medicine , biology , paleontology , psychiatry
Medical care quality assessment for patients with vertebro-spinal-cord injury at different stages in St.-Petersburg during year was performed. The first aid in the most cases (74,8%) was rendered by emergency service. A vertebro-spinal-cord injuries were not diagnosed by a staff of line and special medical aid brigades in 31,6-51,9%. The causes of incorrect diagnostics at hospital stage: insufficient and delayed patient examination, underestimation of injury severity in consequence of delayed use of neuro-imaging methods. Surgical operations for vertebro-spinal-cord injuries were performed in 59 (8%) cases. 43 (73%) patients needed in vertebral fixation.