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  • Title: [Epidemiological study of patients with spinal cord injuries and neurologic deficit, admitted to the Institute of Orthopedics and Traumatology at the Hospital das Clinicas of the School of Medicine of the University of São Paulo].
    Author: Barros Filho TE, Taricco MA, Oliveira RP, Greve JM, Santos LC, Napoli MM.
    Journal: Rev Hosp Clin Fac Med Sao Paulo; 1990; 45(3):123-6. PubMed ID: 2135818.
    Abstract:
    The authors present an epidemiologic study concerning the spinal cord injuries treated at the Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology of the School of Medicine of the University of São Paulo from 1982 to 1987. Out of 428 patients 94.3% were male, their age being mainly between 21 and 30 years. The segment more frequently affected was the cervical spine. The more frequent causes were the gunshot wounds and the traffic accidents. The incidence of death was 21%, caused mostly by respiratory failure.
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