Morbidity after traumatic spinal injury in pediatric and adolescent sports-related trauma.

CONCLUSIONS: Traumatic sports-related spinal injuries cause significant morbidity in the pediatric population, especially if the spinal cord is involved. The majority of TSI cases arose from cycling and contact sports accidents, underscoring the need for improving education and safety in these activities.
PMID: 31881536 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Journal of Neurosurgery.Spine - December 26, 2019 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Gupta S, Hauser BM, Zaki MM, Xu E, Cote DJ, Lu Y, Chi JH, Groff M, Khawaja AM, Harris MB, Smith TR, Zaidi HA Tags: J Neurosurg Spine Source Type: research