Objective: To analyze the incidence of spinal injuries between 2000-2010 due to motorcycle accidents and the relation to the increase in motorcycle sales in the same period, as well as the anatomical distribution of these spinal injuries. Methods: Data were collected from 1,295 records of patients who have suffered spinal injury resulting from motorcycle accidents admitted to the ward TRM (Spinal Cord Trauma) of the Hospital Geral do Estado da Bahia from 2000 to 2010 in this retrospective study. We selected 110 medical records and collected information on sex, age, neurological deficit on admission (according to Frankel scale), diagnosis, and level of injury. Results: Between 2000 and 2010 there was an increase of almost five times in the incidence of patients who have suffered spinal injury due to motorcycle accidents. More than half (51.4%) had cervical spine injury, 37.2% thoracic spine injury and 11.34% had lumbar spine injury. Only 34.3% of patients had no neurological deficit on admission and patients with thoracic spine fracture had a higher incidence and severity of lesion. The average age of patients was 30 years. Conclusions: The increased incidence of spinal injuries due motorcycle accidents occurred in the same period in which there was an increase in motorcycle sales in the country. Patients who have suffered those injuries were young, with higher incidence in the cervical and thoracic spinal levels and high rates of neurological deficit.
OBJETIVO: Realizar um levantamento de dados epidemiológicos em prontuários, avaliando a evolução neurológica dos pacientes vítimas de lesões por arma de fogo na coluna vertebral durante a internação hospitalar, que foram operados entre 1991 e 2010. MÉTODOS: Os dados foram tabulados por meio de estatística descritiva, buscando significância estatística entre a melhora neurológica e o procedimento cirúrgico individualizado para cada caso. Dos 290 pacientes operados, 115 deram entrada no HGE com quadro clínico de paralisia sensitiva e motora, correspondendo a 39,66% do total, sendo os pacientes Frankel A os mais prevalentes da nossa casuística. RESULTADOS: Esses pacientes evoluíram com menor possibilidade de reversão dos déficits neurológicos, com 94,78% não apresentando melhora na alta hospitalar. Os portadores de lesão medular incompleta apresentaram evolução neurológica em 94,59 % dos operados. CONCLUSÃO: Não foi encontrada significância estatística para a melhora neurológica com relação aos procedimentos cirúrgicos realizados nos pacientes vítimas de lesões por arma de fogo na coluna vertebral.
A escoliose neuromuscular está presente em crianças que apresentam desordem neurológica subjacente, em que existem anormalidades do sistema neurológico central e periférico. A despeito de várias condições de deficiências musculares ou neurológicas, produzem deformidade tridimensional progressiva e uma diminuição do sincronismo muscular essencial para estabilidade da coluna vertebral
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