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Epidemiological Profile of Traumatic Vertebral Injuries in the High
Specialty Hospital Dr. Gustavo Rovirosa Pérez in 2023-2024
ABSTRACT
Introduction: The Gustavo A. Rovirosa Regional Hospital is the main polytrauma care center in the
southeastern region of Mexico. Multiple injuries are treated in the traumatology and orthopedics
service. This research documents the numbers and staging of the bone injury pattern of patients with
spinal cord trauma. Material and methods: A prospective study was conducted from August 2023 to
August 2024. The “AO Spine” scale assisted by computed axial tomography was used to stage bone
injuries. While for clinical manifestations, the American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) scale was
used to stage clinical neurological involvement. Using a data collection form. Results: A higher
incidence of injuries was found in men and in the cervical segment, mainly due to suffering a high-
energy injury. The highest incidence was caused by a car accident, since 27 (45%) men and 11 (18.3%)
women suffered it by that route, 10 (16.6%) men and 5 (8.3%) women suffered it by free fall, and the
third cause with the highest incidence was a Firearm Projectile (FWP) with 3 (5%) men and 1 (1.6%)
woman. Discussion: In the Tabasco region, the lack of specific data on the epidemiology of these
injuries prevents the implementation of adequate prevention and treatment strategies. The creation of a
prospective and adaptive database on vertebral injuries is essential to address these deficiencies and
improve health outcomes in this population. Conclusions: The users who were most likely to suffer an
injury from a high-energy mechanism were male, which is predicted by the statistics and documentation
registered at a national level given the activities they perform. Damage to the cervical segment
maintains its tendency to receive a greater impact in injury mechanisms.
Key words: traumatic spinal injuries, american spine injury association, epidemiology
Artículo recibido 02 octubre 2024
Aceptado para publicación: 10 noviembre 2024