Open AccessTraumatic spinal cord injury in southern Saudi Arabia: Patterns, time to surgery and outcomes
Author(s) -
Ibrahim Alnaami,
Saleh M. AlSaleh,
MohammedS Al-Amri,
Ayman Al-Alamri,
Fares Al-Zahrani,
MohammedA Al-Amri,
MohammedAbid Khan
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1913_20
Subject(s) - medicine , spinal cord injury , spinal cord , retrospective cohort study , intensive care unit , injury prevention , occupational safety and health , health care , socioeconomic status , poison control , emergency medicine , physical therapy , surgery , intensive care medicine , population , psychiatry , environmental health , pathology , economics , economic growth
Spinal cord injury (SCI) is an unbearable neurological disorder. which has a destructive socioeconomic effect of affected individual, their families and the healthcare systems. Stressful spinal cord damages are caused by road traffic misfortunes, violence, sports or falls.