Spinal cord lesions have various aetiologies, and trauma is one of the leading causes.
Patients with spinal cord injuries (SCI) often have motor, sensory and autonomic
dysfunctions and require a multidisciplinary rehabilitation programme. In this study 1694 SCI
patients were investigated, including the frequency, and the distribution by age, sex,
profession, aetiology, clinical status and year of occurrence. Traumatic SCI is more frequent
among males than females and among those between the ages of 15 and 39 years …

Objective: The present retrospective study was conducted to survey the new traumatic spinal
cord injury (SCI) cases during 1992 in Turkey. Setting: Intensive care units, emergency
services and departments of orthopaedic surgery, neurosurgery and rehabilitation of state
hospitals, rehabilitation centers, military and university hospitals. Methods: Postal
questionnaires were used for data collection and the records from medical institutes nation-
wide were reviewed for the analysis of the epidemiological factors. Results: Five hundred …