RT Book, Section
A1 Go, Steven
A2 Tintinalli, Judith E.
A2 Ma, O. John
A2 Yealy, Donald M.
A2 Meckler, Garth D.
A2 Stapczynski, J. Stephan
A2 Cline, David M.
A2 Thomas, Stephen H.
SR Print(0)
ID 1167028097
T1 Spine Trauma
T2 Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 9e
YR 2020
FD 2020
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260019933
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1167028097
RD 2024/04/25
AB Trauma  to  the  spine  can  cause  a  vertebral  column  injury,  a  spinal  cord  injury,  or  both.  A  few  studies  have  tried  to  estimate  the  annual  incidence  of  specific  types  of  vertebral  column  injuries  in  the  general  population  with  results  ranging  from  15  to  65  cases  per  100,000,1,2  but  no  current  figures  are  available  for  the  U.S.  population.  In  contrast,  the  estimated  annual  incidence  of  spinal  cord  injury  in  the  United  States  is  54  cases  per  million  or  17,500  new  cases  per  year,  with  81%  male  victims,  a  mean  age  of  42  years,  and  a  63%  non-Hispanic  white  predominance.3  Since  2010,  the  leading  causes  of  spinal  cord  injury  are  vehicular  (38%),  falls  (31%),  and  violence  (13%).  Lifetime  costs  for  spinal  cord  injury  victims  vary  according  to  age  at  time  of  injury,  severity  of  injury,  and  socioeconomic  status;  however,  estimates  range  in  millions  of  dollars  per  patient.3