Spinal cord injury by falls: comparison between suicidal and accidental cases.
The computer study of 783 paraplegics treated at H. Garbrielle hospital has been presented in 1977 at Stoke Mandeville. This study allows a useful comparison between suicidal by defenestration mean and accidental falls and confirms the clinical impression of a most favourable evolution for the suicide.
D000059:Accidents; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000209:etiology; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000209:etiology*; D013406:Suicide, Attempted