Demographic and clinical characteristics of individuals with traumatic spinal cord injury in Argentina from 2015 to 2019: a multicenter study

Study design Descriptive and ambispective study. Objectives To describe the demographics, clinical characteristics, and etiologies of traumatic spinal cord injury (TSCI) in a metropolitan region of Argentina. Setting Five inpatient rehabilitation centers in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Methods We includ...

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Published in:	Spinal cord series and cases Vol. 6; no. 1; p. 109
Main Authors:	Gatti, Marcelo A., Sampayo, María P., Rolandelli, Analis, Yannone, Santiago, Argento, Fernando J., Rivas, María E., Broggi, María S., Olmos, Lisandro E., Gorman, Peter
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London Nature Publishing Group UK 03-12-2020 Nature Publishing Group
Subjects:	692/1807 692/700 Anatomy Biomedical and Life Sciences Biomedicine Human Physiology Neurochemistry Neuropsychology Neurosciences Spinal cord injuries Argentina
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Summary:	Study design Descriptive and ambispective study. Objectives To describe the demographics, clinical characteristics, and etiologies of traumatic spinal cord injury (TSCI) in a metropolitan region of Argentina. Setting Five inpatient rehabilitation centers in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Methods We included all patients with acute TSCI who required hospital treatment at five rehabilitation facilities between 2015 and 2019. We collected data using portions of the International Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Core Data Set. Results We registered 186 individuals as having TSCI. The males were 77% of the total sample. The mean age was 36 (SD ± 15.7) years. The distribution between paraplegia and tetraplegia was 50.3% and 49.7%, respectively. TSCI was complete in 57.3%. Including patients with motor complete SCI, the percentage reached 71.9% of the sample. Vehicular collisions were the leading cause of TSCI (47.3%), followed by falls (21.5%) and assaults (16.1%). Conclusions We collected data about demographics, clinical characteristics, and aetiologies of TSCI for the first time in Argentina. The predominant demographic profile of the individuals with TSCI was of young males with complete SCI. We found the most important cause of TSCI was vehicular collisions. Implementation of road safety strategies in this target population might decrease the incidence of TSCI.
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ISSN:	2058-6124 2058-6124
DOI:	10.1038/s41394-020-00362-6