The effect of polytrauma in persons with traumatic spine injury: A prospective database of spine fractures

Spine

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 55-60

  Hebert, Jackie S ^a   Burnham, Robert S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Multiple trauma; Outcome study; Spinal fracture

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE FRACTURE; SPORT INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; VERTEBRA FRACTURE; WORK RESUMPTION;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL INJURIES;

EID: 0033985669     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200001010-00011     Document Type: Article

References (44)

1. American Spinal Injury Association. Standards for Neurological and Functional Classification of Spinal Cord Injury. Chicago, IL: ASIA, 1992.
2. Andersen J, Sharkey W, Schwarta ML, McLellan BA. Injury severity score, head injury, and patient wait days: Contributions to extended trauma patient length of stay. J Trauma 1992;33:219-20.
3. Andersen JA, McLellan BA, Pagliarello G, Nelson WR. The relative influence of alcohol and seatbelt usage on severity of injury from motor vehicle crashes. J Trauma 1990;30:415-7.
4. Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine. The Abbreviated Injury Scale 1990 Revision. Des Plains, IL: American Association for Automotive Medicine, 1990.
5. Baker SP, O'Neill B. The Injury Severity Score: An update. J Trauma 1976; 16:882-5.
6. Baker SP, O'Neill B, Haddon W, et al. The Injury Severity Score: A method of describing patients with multiple injuries and evaluating emergency care. J Trauma 1974;14:187-96.
7. Baxt WG, Upenieks V. The lack of full correlation between the Injury Severity Score and the resource needs of injured patients. Ann Emerg Med 1990;19: 1396-400.
8. Brenneman FD, Boulanger BR, McLellan BA, Redelmeir DA. Measuring injury severity: Time for a change? J Trauma 1998;44:580-2.
9. Brenneman FD, Redelmeier DA, Boulanger BR, McLellan BA, Culhane JP. Long-term outcomes in blunt trauma: Who goes back to work? J Trauma 1997; 42:778-81.
10. Broos PL, D'Hoore A, Vanderschot P, Rommens PM, Stappaerts KH. Multiple trauma in patients of 65 and over: Injury patterns. Factors influencing outcome. The importance of aggressive care. Acta Chir Belg 1993;93:126-30.
11. Burnham RS, Warren SA, Saboe LA, Davis LA, Russel GG, Reid DC. Factors predicting employment one year after traumatic spine fracture. Spine 1996;21: 1066-71.
12. Chan DP, Seng NK, Kaan KT. Nonoperative treatment in burst fractures of the lumbar spine (L2-L5) without neurologic deficits. Spine 1993;18:320-5.
13. Chen WJ, Niu CC, Chen LH, Chen JY, Shih CH, Chu LY. Back pain after thoracolumbar fracture treated with long instrumentation and short fusion. J Spinal Disord 1991;8:474-8.
14. Day RJ, Vinen J, Hewitt-Falls E. Major trauma outcomes in the elderly. Med J Aust 1994;160:675-8.
15. Dimar JR II, Wilde PH, Glassman SD, Puno RM, Johnson JR. Thoracolumbar burst fractures treated with combined anterior and posterior surgery. Am J Orthop 1996;25:159-65.
16. Fuller MG. Alcohol use and injury severity in trauma patients. J Addict Dis 1995;14:47-54.
17. Gillen M, Faucett JA, Beaumont JJ, McLoughlin E. Injury seventy associated with nonfatal construction falls. Am J Indust Med 1997;32:647-55.
18. Hamilton BB, Granger CV, Sherwin FS. A uniform national data system for medical rehabilitation. In: Fuher MF, ed. Rehabilitation Outcomes: Analysis and Measurement. Baltimore, MD: Brooks, 1987:137-47.
19. Henderson RL, Reid DC, Saboe LA. Multiple noncontiguous spine fractures. Spine 1991;16:128.
20. Hetherington H, Earlam RJ. Measurement of disability after multiple injuries: The functional independence measure. Clinical review. Eur J Surg 1995;161: 549-55.
21. Hill DA, Abraham KJ, West RH. Factors affecting outcome in the resuscitation of severely injured patients. Aust N Z J Surg 1993;63:604-9.
22. Hill DA, Delaney LM, Roncal S. A chi-square automatic interaction detection (CHAID) analysis of factors determining trauma outcomes. J Trauma 1997; 42:62-6.
23. Johnson CL, Margulies DR, Kearney TJ, Hiatt JR, Shabot MM. Trauma in the elderly: An analysis of outcomes based on age. Am Surg 1994;60:899-902.
24. Kafie KF, Tominaga GT, Yoong B, Waxman K. Factors related to outcome in blunt intestinal injuries requiring operation. Am Surg 1997;63:889-92.
25. Kaneda K, Taneichi H, Abumi K, Hashimoto T, Satoh S, Fujiya M. Anterior decompression and stabilization with the Kaneda device for thoracolumbar burst fractures associated with neurological deficits. J Bone Joint Surg [Am] 1997;79:69-83.
26. Knight RQ, Stornelli DP, Chan DP, Devanny JR, Jackson KV. Comparison of operative versus nonoperative treatment of lumbar burst fractures. Clin Orthop 1993;293:112-21.
27. Kraemer WJ, Schemitsch EH, Lever J, McBroom TJ, McKee MD, Waddell JP. Functional outcome of thoracolumbar burst fractures without neurological deficit. J Orthop Trauma 1996;10:541-4.
28. MacKenzie EJ, Shapiro S, Smith RT, Siegel JH, Moody M, Pitt A. Factors influencing return to work following hospitalization for traumatic injury. Am J Pub Health 1987;77:329-34.
29. Maurette P, Masson F, Nicaud V, et al. Posttraumatic disablement: A prospective study of impairment, disability, and handicap. J Trauma 1992;33:728-36.
30. Milzman DP, Boulanger BR, Rodriguez A, Soderstrom CA, Mitchell KA, Magnant CM. Preexisting disease in trauma patients: A predictor of fate independent of age and injury severity score. J Trauma 1992;32:236-43.
31. Morris JA Jr, MacKenzie EJ, Damiano AM, Bass SM. Mortality in trauma patients: The interaction between host factors and severity. J Trauma 1990;30: 1476-82.
32. Morris JA Jr, MacKenzie EJ, Edelstein SL. The effect of preexisting conditions on mortality in trauma patients. JAMA 1990;263:1942-6.
33. Okuyama K, Abe E, Chiba M, Ishikawa N, Soto K. Outcome of anterior decompression and stabilization for thoracolumbar unstable burst fractures in the absence of neurologic deficits. Spine 1996;21:620-5.
34. Osler T, Baker SP, Long W. A modification of the injury severity score that both improves accuracy and simplifies scoring. J Trauma 1997;43:922-5.
35. Poole GV, Tinsley M, Tsao AK, Thomae KR, Martin RW, Hauser CJ. Abbreviated Injury Scale does not reflect the added morbidity of multiple lower extremity fractures. J Trauma 1996;40:951-4.
36. Reid DC, Davis LA, Saboe LA, Warren SA. Factors and outcomes of traumatic spine injuries treated at UAH 1983-1991: A prospectively gathered longitudinal data base. Edmonton, Alberta: University of Alberta, 1991:1-603.
37. Rosman DL, Knuiman MW, Ryan GA. An evaluation of road crash injury severity measures. Accid Anal Prev 1996;28:163-70.
38. Schnee CL, Ansell LV. Selection criteria and outcome of operative approaches for thoracolumbar burst fractures with and without neurologic deficit. J Neurosurg 1997;86:48-55.
39. Semmlow JL, Cone R. Applications of the Injury Severity Score: an independent confirmation. Health Serv Res 1976;11:45-52.
40. Singer BR. The functional prognosis of thoracolumbar vertebrae fractures without neurological deficit: A long-term follow-up study of British Army personnel. Injury 1995;26:519-21.
41. Tasdemirogle E, Tibbs PA. Long-term follow-up results of thoracolumbar fractures after posterior instrumentation. Spine 1995;20:1704-8.
42. van der Sluis CK, ten Duis HJ, Geertzen JH. Multiple injuries: An overview of the outcome. J Trauma 1995;38:681-6.
43. Vazquez MG, Rivera FR, Perez AA, Gonzalez CA, Fernandez ME, Navarrete NP. Analysis of quality of life in polytraumatized patients two years after discharge from an intensive care unit. J Trauma 1996;41:326-32.
44. Zietlow SP, Capizzi PJ, Bannon MP, Farnell MB. Multisystem geriatric trauma. J Trauma 1994;37:985-8.