title: [Clinical characteristics analysis of 120 cases of pediatric spinal cord injury without radiologic abnormality].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the epidemiologic characteristics of pediatric spinal cord injury without radiologic abnormality.
  
  
  METHODS
  A retrospective analysis was performed and 120 cases of children with spinal cord injury without radiologic abnormality were admitted in China Rehabilitation Research Center from January 2005 to December 2014.The gender, age, causes of injury, injury condition and complication were analyzed. All cases were divided into two groups (0-7 years old and 8-13 years old) according to age.
  
  
  RESULTS
  One hundred and twenty cases included 31 boys (25.8%) and 89 girls (74.2%). Most of the children were 0-7 years old (96 cases, 80.0%). The top 3 causes of spinal cord injury were sports activities (60 cases, 50.0%), traffic accident (25 cases, 29.2%) and other trauma (11 cases, 12.5%). Seventy-one cases were low-energy injury (59.2%) and 49 cases were high-energy trauma (40.8%), most of low-energy injury were completely injured (56 cases, 78.9%). The complication rate was 59.2% and the top 3 complications were urinary infection (35 cases, 29.2%), hydronephrosis (12 cases, 10.0%) and pressure ulcers (10 cases, 8.3%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It is needed to pay more attention to pediatric spinal cord injury without radiologic abnormality caused by low-energy injury, especially children aged 0-7 years old with history of slight injury, and be careful about spinal cord injury without radiologic abnormality result from high-energy damage.
authors.affiliation: Department of Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation, China Rehabilitation Research Center, Beijing Charity Hospital, School of Rehabilitation Medicine, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100068, China.
authors.forename: Y J
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: C X
authors.initials: CX
authors.lastname: Hao
authors.forename: H Q
authors.initials: HQ
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: X L
authors.initials: XL
authors.lastname: Lu
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002681:China; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D003668:Pressure Ulcer; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections