Comparison of the wedge turning frame and kinetic treatment table in the acute care of spinal cord injury patients.
A retrospective study is reported of 31 patients with complete cervical or thoracic spinal cord injuries treated either on the wedge turning frame or the kinetic treatment table. The mortality for the wedge turning frame group was 28.6% compared with 0% for the kinetic treatment table group. In the kinetic treatment table group, pulmonary complications were far fewer (69.2% vs. 25%) and much less severe than in the wedge turning frame group, and median intensive care stay was reduced by 45%.
D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D013523:Surgical Equipment