Analysis of geriatric patients with minor spinal trauma admitted to the emergency department of a university hospital
作者机构：Istinye University Faculty of MedicineDepartment of EmergencyIstanbulTurkey Ankara City HospitalDepartment of EmergencyAnkaraTurkey Baskent University Faculty of MedicineDepartment of NeurosurgeryAnkaraTurkey Baskent University Faculty of MedicineDepartment of RadiodiagnosticAnkaraTurkey Baskent University Faculty of MedicineDepartment of EmergencyAnkaraTurkey
出 版 物：《Journal of Acute Disease》 (急性病杂志（英文版）)
年 卷 期：2019年第8卷第5期
页 面：191-194页
学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100214[医学-肿瘤学] 10[医学]
主 题：Elderly Trauma Vertebral column
摘 要：Objective:To retrospectively analyze patients aged 65 years and over,who were admitted to a level Ⅱ trauma center in Turkey due to minor spinal trauma in a period of 4 ***:The study included 64 patients aged 65 years and over,who were admitted to the Emergency Department of Baskent University Ankara Hospital between January 2011 and January 2015 and diagnosed with vertebral *** information of the patients was obtained from the medical *** clinical characteristics of patients including localizafions and types of fracture,presence of additional system injuries and treatment options were ***:The most common cause was fall,accounting for 51 (79.7%),with 7 (10.9%) due to intra-vehicle traffic accident,and 6 (9.4%) due to out-of-vehicle pedestrian *** most common site of trauma was the lumbar *** the fractures,46.9% (n=30) were in the lumbar region,37.5% (n=24) in the thoracic region and 15.6% (n=10) were in the cervical vertebra *** (21.9%) patients had an additional *** the fracture types,47 fractures (74.6%) were compression,14 fractures (22.2%) were spinous process and 2 fractures (3.2%) were burst *** patients (31.2%) had multilevel vertebral ***:The results of our study demonstrated the importance of vertebral fractures in the geriatric age *** this age group,falls and motor vehicle accidents are the leading causes of vertebral *** the necessary measures to prevent the risk factors which increase with aging is the most important step in preventing the mortality and morbidity that may occur as a result of vertebral fracture.
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