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WE INVESTIGATED AND ANALYZED THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CERVICAL SPINE INJURIES OF A RANDOMIZED GROUP OF A HUNDRED PATIENTS,WHO WERE HOSPITALIZED IN THE UNIVERSITY ORTHOPEDIC CLINIC AND IN THE FIFTH ORTHOPEDIC CLINIC OF "KAT" ACCIDENT HOSPITAL,BETWEEN 1990 AND 1994.THE MEAN AGE OF THE PATIENTS WAS FORTY YEARS AND THE MEN TO WOMAN RATIO WAS 2.5.TRAFFIC ACCIDENT WERE THE PRINCIPAL CAUSE OF INJURY (74% OF THE CASES),FALLS ACCOUNTED FOR THE 19% OF THE INJURIES AND OTHER CAUSES FOR THE REMAINING 7%.THE NEUROLOGICAL ASSESSMENT ON ARRIVAL AT THE HOSPITAL CATEGORIZED 17% OF THE PATIENT AS FRANKEL A,7% AS FRANKEL B,5% AS FRANKEL C, 16% AS FRANKEL D AND 55% AS FRANKEL E. THE LENGTH OF HOSPITALIZATION FLUCTUATED GREATLY BETWEEN 2 DAYS AND 500 DAYS AND IT IS CLOSELY RELATED TO THE TYPE OF TREATMENT.THE AVERAGE LENGTH OF HOSPITALIZATION WAS 30 DAYS FOR THE PATIENTS WHO WERE TREATED CONSERVATIVELY AND 74 DAYS FOR THOSE WHO UNDERWENT SURGERY.THE NEUROLOGIAL ASSESSMENT ON DISCHARGE OF THE HOSP ...
WE INVESTIGATED AND ANALYZED THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CERVICAL SPINE INJURIES OF A RANDOMIZED GROUP OF A HUNDRED PATIENTS,WHO WERE HOSPITALIZED IN THE UNIVERSITY ORTHOPEDIC CLINIC AND IN THE FIFTH ORTHOPEDIC CLINIC OF "KAT" ACCIDENT HOSPITAL,BETWEEN 1990 AND 1994.THE MEAN AGE OF THE PATIENTS WAS FORTY YEARS AND THE MEN TO WOMAN RATIO WAS 2.5.TRAFFIC ACCIDENT WERE THE PRINCIPAL CAUSE OF INJURY (74% OF THE CASES),FALLS ACCOUNTED FOR THE 19% OF THE INJURIES AND OTHER CAUSES FOR THE REMAINING 7%.THE NEUROLOGICAL ASSESSMENT ON ARRIVAL AT THE HOSPITAL CATEGORIZED 17% OF THE PATIENT AS FRANKEL A,7% AS FRANKEL B,5% AS FRANKEL C, 16% AS FRANKEL D AND 55% AS FRANKEL E. THE LENGTH OF HOSPITALIZATION FLUCTUATED GREATLY BETWEEN 2 DAYS AND 500 DAYS AND IT IS CLOSELY RELATED TO THE TYPE OF TREATMENT.THE AVERAGE LENGTH OF HOSPITALIZATION WAS 30 DAYS FOR THE PATIENTS WHO WERE TREATED CONSERVATIVELY AND 74 DAYS FOR THOSE WHO UNDERWENT SURGERY.THE NEUROLOGIAL ASSESSMENT ON DISCHARGE OF THE HOSPITAL SHOWED NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES FROM THE INITIAL ONE.AMONG THE PATIENTS WHO WERE DISCHARGED FROM HOSPITAL,20 WERE NOT PROFESSIONALLY ACTIVE DURING THE PERIOD WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURED.AMONG THE REMAINING 63 PATIENTS, WHO WERE PROFESSIONALLY ACTIVE BEFORE THE ACCIDENT , 13 PATIENTS CEASED WORKING AFTER THE ACCIDENT AND 12 HAD TO CHANGE THEIR PROFESSION OR AFTER THEIR DUTIES,WHILE REMAINING IN THE SAME JOB.THE INSURANCE COMPANIES ESTIMATIONS OF THE SEVERITY OF PATIENTS' LESIONS,FLUCTUATED GREATLY BETWEEN COMPANIES AND EVEN PATIENTS INSURED AT THE SAME COMPANY REGARDING COMPARABLE LESIONS.THE PRESENT STUDY INDICATES TH
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