Andrea Spota, Pietro Domenico Giorgi, Stefano Piero Bernardo Cioffi, Michele Altomare, Giuseppe Rosario Schirò, Simona Legrenzi, Fabio Giuseppe Villa, Osvaldo Chiara, Stefania Cimbanassi
INTRODUCTION: Traumatic spinal injuries are frequent and their management is debated, especially in major trauma patients. This study aims to describe a large population of major trauma patients with vertebral fractures to improve prevention measures and fracture management. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Retrospective analysis of 6274 trauma patients prospectively collected between October 2010 and October 2020. Collected data include demographics, mechanism of trauma, type of imaging, fracture morphology, associated injuries, injury severity score (ISS), survival, and death timing...
February 22, 2023: Injury