Spinal cord injury in Turkey
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2012
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Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
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Traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) often results in profound and long-term disability,which is life changing for the injured individual and his or her family. These injuries alsohave tremendous social costs associated with expensive health care treatment,rehabilitation, and lost productivity. The estimated annual incidence of traumatic SCI is12.7 per million inhabitants in Turkey. The mortality rate of SCI is estimated to be 12%-15% in Turkey. SCI patients became either tetraplegic (32.18%) and paraplegic (67.82%)after injury. The most common level of injury was C5 among tetraplegics, T12 and L1for paraplegics. The most prevalent associated injury was head trauma followed byextremity fractures. Regarding the etiology, traffic accident is the most common cause ofspinal cord injury, the second most-common cause is falls from height and the third isgunshot injury. The incidences of gunshot wounds and injuries from falls are higher inTurkey than other countries, which can be explained by special socio-economic andcultural differences. The high incidence of gunshot wounds is the result of the violenceexperienced mainly in south-eastern of Turkey. Moreover, the higher frequency of fallsfrom height can be associated with the fact that most falls occurred in the summer when itis very hot in this region and people are forced to sleep on the top of their houses, whichdo not have barriers along the roof perimeter. Traumatic SCI is more frequent amongmales than females and among those between the ages of 15 and 39 years. Consideringthat traffic accidents, falls from height and gunshot wounds are the leading cause oftraumatic SCI, it can be concluded that the prevention measures should be focusedmainly on these types of traumas in order to reduce the frequency of SCI in Turkey. © 2012 by Nova Science Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Epidemiology of Spinal Cord Injuries
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