Abstract
ABSTRACT Objective: Traumatic injuries due to accidents are the leading causes of death and disability in the population of young adults in many countries. Spinal fractures are among the multiple injuries by traumatic mechanisms. The incidence of these injuries is estimated between 8,000 and 16,000 new cases per year and are associated with high-energy trauma. Methods: Retrospective, cross-sectional, descriptive study conducted at the Hospital Central Cruz Roja Mexicana. We reviewed 68 medical records of patients admitted to the emergency department of that hospital and were diagnosed with some type of traumatic vertebral fracture associated with high-energy trauma. Results: The sample consisted of 53 men and 15 women, of whom 11 patients with cervical spine injury, 2 with cervicothoracic injury, 16 with thoracic injury, five with thoracolumbar fracture and 34 with lumbar injury. Conclusions: The lumbar spine is more prone to suffer injuries by high-energy mechanism, followed by the thoracic and cervical spine, respectively. The thoracolumbar junction is more frequently affected than the cervicothoracic junction in a ratio of 2:1. Level of Evidence II; Retrospective studyf.
Highlights
Traumatic injuries that result from accidents are one of the main causes of death and disability in the young adult population in many countries
It is worth mentioning that there are no epidemiological studies of the worldwide incidence of these lesions, but there are series in the United States that report 8,000 new cases annually and others whose figures reach as high as 16,000 cases per year
Study conducted at the Hospital Central Cruz Roja Mexicana, Ciudad de México, Mexico
Summary
Traumatic injuries that result from accidents are one of the main causes of death and disability in the young adult population in many countries. Spinal fractures are included among the multiple complications secondary to traumatic mechanisms. It is worth mentioning that there are no epidemiological studies of the worldwide incidence of these lesions, but there are series in the United States that report 8,000 new cases annually and others whose figures reach as high as 16,000 cases per year. One variable is the mechanism that produces these injuries, which in most cases are associated with a high-energy trauma.[1]. Study conducted at the Hospital Central Cruz Roja Mexicana, Ciudad de México, Mexico
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