Morbidity after traumatic spinal injury in pediatric and adolescent sports-related trauma.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Sports injuries present a considerable risk of debilitating spinal injury. Here, the authors sought to profile the epidemiology and clinical risk of traumatic spinal injuries (TSIs) in pediatric sports injuries.

Methods

The authors conducted a retrospective cohort analysis of pediatric patients who had experienced a sports-related TSI, including spinal fractures and spinal cord injuries, encoded in the National Trauma Data Bank in the period from 2011 to 2014.

Results

Included in the analysis were 1723 cases of pediatric sports-related TSI, which represented 3.7% of all pediatric sports-related trauma. The majority of patients with TSI were male (81%), and the median age was 15 years (IQR 13-16 years). TSIs arose most often from cycling accidents (47%) and c

SUBMITTER: Gupta S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7383358 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature