Multiple trauma associated with vertebral injury.
Three hundred twenty-two vertebral fractures in multiply injured patients are reviewed. Associated general trauma was usually found to be regionalized to the same area of the body as the spinal injury. The exceptions were pelvic and sacral fractures, which were associated with more diffuse organ injury and multiple vertebral fractures.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013124:Spinal Injuries / Q000473:pathology*; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology