Spinal cord injury: epidemiologycal study of 386 cases with emphasis on those patients admitted more than four hours after the trauma Trauma raquimedular: estudo epidemiológico de 386 casos com ênfase para aqueles pacientes admitidos após quatro horas do trauma

Spinal cord injury: epidemiologycal study of 386 cases with emphasis on those patients admitted more than four hours after the trauma Trauma raquimedular: estudo epidemiológico de 386 casos com ênfase para aqueles pacientes admitidos após quatro horas do trauma

We studied 386 cases of spinal cord injury to analyze the follow up of the patients admitted most of the time more than four hours, the majority of the injuries happening far from the attending health service and first specialized care received long after the accident. This is a clinical study based...

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Main Authors: Manoel Baldoino Leal-Filho, Guilherme Borges, Bruno Ribeiro de Almeida, Aline de Almeida Xavier Aguiar, Marcelo Adriano da Cunha e Silva Vieira, Karoline da Silva Dantas, Ricardo Keyson Paiva de Morais, Carlos Rogério Nogueira dos Santos, Sumihara de Sousa Mendes, Luciana Maria Pinheiro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO) 2008-06-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
Subjects:
trauma raquimedular
trauma
coluna vertebral
spinal cord injury
spine
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2008000300016

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