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Revista Información Científica
versión On-line ISSN 1028-9933
Resumen
PUPO RODRIGUEZ, Yudith; CASTELLANOS BERTOT, Yorkiel y CUBA RODRIGUEZ, Litzarys Caridad. Characterization of spinal cord trauma in the Neurosurgery Service, Guantanamo 2013-2018. Rev. inf. cient. [online]. 2019, vol.98, n.4, pp. 439-447. Epub 20-Sep-2019. ISSN 1028-9933.
Introduction:
in the General Teaching Hospital “Dr. Agostinho Neto” has not been characterized by spinal cord trauma.
Objective:
to characterize spinal cord trauma in the Neurosurgery Service of the General Teaching Hospital “Dr. Agostinho Neto” during the years 2013-2018.
Method:
a descriptive, retrospective and longitudinal study was carried out. The population consisted of 230 patients, from which a random sample was chosen (n=92). The following variables were studied: age, sex, time between trauma and specialized medical care, type of injury, causes of trauma.
Results:
the patients were mostly men (69.6%), were between 39 and 48 years (23.9%), vertebral fractures (59.8%), survived 95.7% and 56.5% were attended in the first 6 hours posttrauma.
Conclusions:
spinal cord traumas affect patients in the productive stage of life, which shows the social relevance of their study.
Palabras clave : spinal cord trauma; neurological damage; vertebral fracture.