title: [Epidemiological analysis of posttraumatic cervical spine injury].
abstract: The purpose of this study was epidemiological analysis of trauma causes and trauma effects including age and sex. 112 patients after cervical spine trauma, admitted in Emergency Room of Self-Financing Public District Hospital of Trauma Surgery at Piekary Slaskie were studied retrospectively. The following parameters were estimated: age, sex, cause of injury, type and localization of pathology. The mean age was 35.4 years. The largest age group consisted of patients 25-45 years old. Males predominated over females in all age groups. The most common cause of cervical spine injury was traffic accident with a patient as a car driver or as a car passenger (45.5%) The most common pathology was luxation and subluxation (36.6%). Luxations and subluxations were most often localized on C1-C2 level (50.6% of all luxations), and on C5-C6 level (19.8% of all luxations). Fractures were most often localized in C5 vertebra (24.8% of all fractures). These results suggest that causes and results of trauma and participation of both sex have changed.
authors.affiliation: Samodzielny Publiczny Wojewódzki Szpital Chirurgii Urazowej w Piekarach Slaskich.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Siemianowicz
authors.forename: Wojciech
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wawrzynek
authors.forename: Bogdan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Koczy
authors.forename: Marcin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Trzepaczyński
authors.forename: Aleksandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Koczy
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015984:Causality; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000293:injuries*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D004204:Joint Dislocations / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D011859:Radiography; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D017678:Sex Distribution; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013124:Spinal Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology