title: [Experiences and results in primary management of patients with traumatic paraplegia].
abstract: In the years from 1980 to 1987 124 patients in the age of 12 to 87 years suffering from traumatico-spinal cord injuries were treated in the County Hospital of Dresden-Friedrichstadt. The average of age amounts 36.1 years. Our level of medical attendance as to non-operative as well as operative treatment of the spinal injury including the providence of typical complications and the results are displayed here. The letality of the whole group was 25%. The analysis is displayed in the groups of age, by the localisations of the spinal injury and by the causes of death.
authors.affiliation: Chirurgischen Klinik, des Bezirkskrankenhauses Dresden-Friedrichstadt.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pätzug
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000293:injuries; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000379:methods; D005859:Germany, East; D006801:Humans; D004204:Joint Dislocations / Q000601:surgery; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000293:injuries; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000401:mortality* / Q000517:prevention & control; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D013123:Spinal Fusion / Q000379:methods; D013124:Spinal Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000293:injuries
vernacular_title: Erfahrungen und Ergebnisse bei der Erstversorgung von traumatisch Querschnittsgelähmten.