Open AccessPattern and outcome of traumatic spinal cord injury managed at University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, Nigeria: A retrospective study
Author(s) -
Cornelius Mahdi Ishaku,
Buba Kabaju Jawa,
Stanley Monday Maduagwu,
Auwal Bello Hassan,
Aliyu Lawan,
Adamu Ahmad Rufa’i,
Adetoyeje Y. Oyeyemi
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
nigerian postgraduate medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 19
ISSN - 1117-1936
DOI - 10.4103/npmj.npmj_345_20
Subject(s) - medicine , referral , retrospective cohort study , spinal cord injury , complication , injury prevention , exact test , occupational safety and health , poison control , pediatrics , emergency medicine , physical therapy , spinal cord , surgery , psychiatry , family medicine , pathology
Understanding pattern and outcome of traumatic spinal cord injury (TSCI) will inform better management which expectedly would improve prognosis and minimise complications.