Open AccessSPINE AND SPINAL CORD INJURIES IN A RUSSIAN METROPOLITAN AREA: INCIDENCE, INJURY CHARACTERISTICS, AND PUBLIC BED DEMAND
Author(s) -
А. К. Дулаев,
В. А. Мануковский,
Д. И. Кутянов,
М. С. Паршин,
Д. В. Дулаев,
Pavel Zhelnov,
З. Ю. Аликов
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
skoraâ medicinskaâ pomoŝʹ
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2072-6716
DOI - 10.24884/2072-6716-2018-19-3-13-18
Subject(s) - medicine , polytrauma , incidence (geometry) , cervical spine , population , metropolitan area , spinal cord injury , spinal cord , physical therapy , surgery , environmental health , pathology , physics , psychiatry , optics
Current incidence and characteristics of subaxial cervical and thoracolumbar spine injuries in a metropolitan area in Russia (in St. Petersburg) were studied. The results showed the annual incidence of 15.4 cases per 100,000 population, and the relative frequencies found to be high were that of isolated trauma with SCI (41.8% and 23.7%) and of spine injuries in polytrauma patients (7.5% and 7.9%). Also, the relatively low need for allocated specialty beds was adequately supplied in the setting of centralized delivery of acute spine services.