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Epidemiology of pediatric spinal fractures; implications for injury prevention

2012; BioMed Central; Volume: 6; Issue: S4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1186/1753-6561-6-s4-p8

ISSN

1753-6561

Autores

M. Almohammadi, Ibrahim Marwa, Mohammed Zamakhshary, Khalid Al-Bedah, Salem Al-Enazi, A Al-Habib,

Tópico(s)

Emergency and Acute Care Studies

Resumo

The epidemiology of traumatic spinal fractures in children was not well described in the developing world. Our objective was to describe the causes and mechanism of pediatric spinal injuries, the frequency of spinal cord injury, and their outcome in the pediatric population. This has significant implications for allocation of public health resources and development of prevention programs.

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