title: [Morphologic changes in spinal cord of patients with spinal injuries who died in hospital].
abstract: Morphologic changes in the spine have been investigated in patients with spinal injuries who died in hospital. The incidence of injuries has been evaluated as 9.3% of mechanical injuries. Purposeful search for possible injuries increased the rate of detection of injuries of the spine and the cord. Spinal cord can be impaired without involving the osseous formations and spinal ligaments. Edema of the cord tissue develops during the early period of injury and prevents the detection of injuries, persisting for a long time after the injury. Edemas are detected even in subjects who died at the site of accident.
authors.forename: E V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Solokhin
authors.forename: T S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Belova
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Naumov
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Strokova
authors.forename: G V
authors.initials: GV
authors.lastname: Mikhaĭlova
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Popov
authors.forename: V K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Vasilevskiĭ
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002423:Cause of Death; D004487:Edema / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005554:Forensic Medicine; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012426:Russia / Q000453:epidemiology; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000473:pathology*; D013124:Spinal Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology*; D013131:Spine / Q000473:pathology