Spinal cord injuries
Fracture Location for Spine Surgery Cases
Fracture location for spine surgery cases
35
27
19
A total of 46 spinal cord injuries were treated in this reporting period, as summarised in Table 3. More than half (52.2%) of spinal cord injuries were the most severe grade according to the American Spinal Cord Injury Association (ASIA) impairment scale. This data is not inclusive of spine injuries treated during the same period by the neurosurgical department. ASIA Category n
8
ASIA A: Complete, no motor or sensory function is preserved below the level of the injury, including the sacral segments S4 - S5. 9
Cervical
Thoracic
Lumbar
Spinopelvic
Figure 13: Fracture location for spine surgery cases Location for Tumour, Disc and Infection Aetiology
ASIA B: Incomplete Sensory, but not motor function is preserved below the neurological level of injury, and includes the sacral segments S4 - S5. 6
Location for tumour, disc and infection aetiology
ASIA C: Incomplete, motor function is preserved below the neurological level of injury, but more than half of the key muscles below the level have a muscle grade less than 3 (i.e. unable to move against gravity) 7 ASIA D: Incomplete, motor function is preserved below the neurological level of injury, and at least half the key muscles below the injury level have a muscle grade of 3 or more (i.e. joints can be moved against gravity) 24
Total
46
Table 3: Summary of spinal cord injuries in 2021
Cervical
Thoracic
Lumbar
Spinopelvic
Disc
6 5 2
3
44
3 2 0
Tumour Infection
16
4
2
13
Figure 14: Location for tumour, disc and infection aetiology
24
25
SORTED Annual Report 2021
SORTED Annual Report 2021
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