Late mortality during the first year after acute traumatic spinal cord injury: a prospective, population-based study.

Background: Little is known about the possible impact of the system of care on mortality during the first year after acute traumatic spinal cord injury (TSCI).

Objective: To evaluate late mortality (i.e.

Outcome of transanal irrigation for bowel dysfunction in patients with spinal cord injury.

Background/objective: To compare symptoms of neurogenic bowel dysfunction in patients with spinal cord injury (SCI) at baseline and after 10 weeks of treatment with transanal irrigation and to identify possible factors that could predict outcome of the treatment.

Methods: Sixty-two patients with SCI (45 men and 17 women; mean age, 47.5 +/- 15.