title: Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with spinal cord injury: a single hospital-based study.
abstract: METHODS
  Retrospective study.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the demographic and clinical characteristics of patients diagnosed with spinal cord injury (SCI) admitted to a single center.
  
  
  METHODS
  Single center study, México.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study reviewed 433 patients with SCI. Data were extracted from medical records and retrospectively reviewed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 433 patients with a diagnosis of SCI were included in the analysis. Of these, 346 (79.9%) had traumatic SCI (TSCI) and 87 (20.1%) had non-traumatic SCI (NTSCI). The principal causes of traumatic TSCI were motor vehicle accidents in 150 patients (43.4%), falls in 107 patients (30.9%) and a result of firearms in 58 patients (16.8%). Tumoral cord compression was the main cause of NTSCI in 50 patients (57.4%), followed by degenerative disease-causing myelopathy in 17 patients (19.5%). The proportion of patients affected with NTSCI was significantly lower, 29.9 vs 79.1% (P=0.0001), the age of patients was higher 53.9 vs 37.8 (P<0.002) and SCI was less severe, AIS D 41.33 vs 9.5% (P=0.0001) compared with the TSCI group.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The demographic profiles of patients with TSCI and NTSCI differ in terms of proportion of total SCIs, patient age, male:female ratio and incomplete vs complete injury. The most common etiology of TSCI was motor vehicle accidents (43.4%), and neurological lesions were complete in 62.7% of patients. The most common etiology of NTSCI was tumoral spinal lesions (57.4%), and lesions were incomplete in 75.8% of patients.
authors.affiliation: Spine Surgery Service, National Rehabilitation Institute, Distrito Federal, México.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zárate-Kalfópulos
authors.affiliation: Spine Surgery Service, National Rehabilitation Institute, Distrito Federal, México.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jiménez-González
authors.affiliation: Special Surgery Division, National Rehabilitation Institute, Distrito Federal, México.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Reyes-Sánchez
authors.affiliation: Spine Surgery Service, National Rehabilitation Institute, Distrito Federal, México.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Robles-Ortiz
authors.affiliation: Spine Surgery Service, National Rehabilitation Institute, Distrito Federal, México.
authors.forename: E E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Cabrera-Aldana
authors.affiliation: Spine Surgery Service, National Rehabilitation Institute, Distrito Federal, México.
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Rosales-Olivarez
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D003710:Demography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D055815:Young Adult