Sex-related discrepancies in the epidemiology, injury characteristics and outcomes after acute spine trauma: A retrospective cohort study.

Conclusion: This study suggests that females with AST present with a greater number of pre-existing co-morbidities, a higher frequency of thoraco-lumbar trauma, less severe neurological impairment and a greater proportion of MVA-related injuries. However, females and males have a similar length of stay in the acute spine center, and comparable in-hospital survival, need for mechanical ventilation, and tracheostomy after AST. PMID: 31573442 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine - Category: Orthopaedics Tags: J Spinal Cord Med Source Type: research