ReviewBulletin of emergency and trauma2018
Mortality Rate and Predicting Factors of Traumatic Thoracolumbar Spinal Cord Injury; A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
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- Mortality of traumatic chest injury and its predictors across sub-saharan Africa: systematic review and meta-analysis, 2024.BMC emergency medicine · 2024Pooled it
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- Epidemiological Characteristics of Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury in Saudi Arabia: A Systematic Review.Cureus · 2024Review
- Presentation, Management, and Outcomes of Thoracic, Thoracolumbar, and Lumbar Spine Trauma in East Africa: A Cohort Study.International journal of spine surgery · 2024Article
- Investigating Factors Affecting Mortality Due to Spinal Cord Trauma in Patients Admitted to the Intensive Care Unit.Bulletin of emergency and trauma · 2024Article
- Delay of Surgery for Spinal Metastasis due to the COVID-19 Outbreak Affected Patient Outcomes.Neurospine · 2023Article
- The Impact of Machine Learning and Robot-Assisted Gait Training on Spinal Cord Injury: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Review
- Perioperative morbidity and mortality in octogenarians sustaining traumatic osteoporotic type 4 and 5 thoracolumbar and lumbar fractures: a retrospective study with 3 years follow-up.Acta neurochirurgica · 2023Article
- Outcomes of Operative Treatment of Traumatic Spinal Injuries: 2-Year Follow-Up.Advanced biomedical research · 2023Article
- Epidemiological features of traumatic spinal cord injury in China: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in neurology · 2023Review
- Advances in Neural Stem Cell Therapy for Spinal Cord Injury: Safety, Efficacy, and Future Perspectives.Neurospine · 2022Article
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- Causes of death after spinal cord injury in the Czech Republic.Spinal cord · 2021Article
- Complications and mortality after acute traumatic spinal cord injury in Saint Petersburg, Russia.Spinal cord · 2020Article
- Functional Outcome of Surgical versus Conservative Therapy in Patients with Traumatic Thoracolumbar Fractures and Thoracolumbar Injury Classification and Severity Score of 4; A Non-randomized Clinical Trial.Bulletin of emergency and trauma · 2020Article
- The Integrated Transcriptome Bioinformatics Analysis Identifies Key Genes and Cellular Components for Spinal Cord Injury-Related Neuropathic Pain.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2020Article
- Coenzyme Q10 Regulation of Apoptosis and Oxidative Stress in HOxidative medicine and cellular longevity · 2019Article
- Identification of clinical predictors for functional recovery in patients with thoracolumbar fractures and incomplete spinal cord injury: an internally validated prediction model.Frontiers in neurologyArticle
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8 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
objectiveTo estimate the summation of mortality rate and the contributing factors in patients with traumatic thoracolumbar spinal cord injuries (TLSCI).
methodsA systematic search of observational studies that evaluated the mortality associated with TLSCI in MEDLINE and EMBASE was conducted. The study quality was evaluated using a modified quality assessment tool previously designed for observational studies.
resultsTwenty-four observational studies involving 11,205 patients were included, published between January 1, 1997, and February 6, 2016. Ten studies were of high quality, thirteen were of moderate quality, and one study was of low quality. Seventeen reports described risk factors for mortality and eleven of these studies used a multiple regression models to adjust for confounders. The reported mortality rate ranged from 0 to 37.7% overall and between 0 and 10.4% in-hospital. The sum of mortality for in-hospital, 6-month, and 12-month were 5.2%, 26.12%, 4.3%, respectively. The mortality at 7.7 years follow-up was 10.07% and for 14 years follow-up reports ranged from 13.47% to 21.46%. Associated data such as age at injury, male to female ratio, pre-existing comorbidities, concomitant injuries, duration of follow-up, and cause of death have been underreported in studies investigating the mortality rate after TLSCI.
conclusionThere is no study was found that accurately assessed mortality in the thoracolumbar spine, while there is general agreement that traumatic thoracolumbar spinal cord injuries are important.
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