title: [Mortality structure following spine and spinal cord injuries].
abstract: In a group of 520 patients with injury to the spine and spinal cord 125 died within 10 years. The highest fatality rate (76.0 +/0 3.8) is recorded in the first year after the injury. In the following 10 years the fatality rate was uniform and ranged between 1.6 and 4.1%. This value increases with the patient's age, the severity of the spinal cord injury, and the degree of damage to the spinal ligamento-bursal apparatus. Among the total number of injured, 76% have a survival period of more than 10 years.
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000293:injuries; D006801:Humans; D008022:Ligaments / Q000293:injuries; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000293:injuries; D010243:Paralysis / Q000401:mortality; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000401:mortality; D011782:Quadriplegia / Q000401:mortality; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000401:mortality*; D013124:Spinal Injuries / Q000401:mortality*; D013577:Syndrome; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000293:injuries
vernacular_title: Struktura letal'nosti pri povrezhdenii pozvonochnika i spinnogo mozga.