Clinical complications in patients with severe cervical spinal trauma: a ten-year prospective study.

Objective: To determine the complications due to severe acrescentar sigla após o nome (CST).

Methods: Between 1997 and 2006, 217 patients (191 men and 26 women) were prospectively evaluated. The mean age was 36.

Epidemiology of severe cervical spinal trauma in the north area of São Paulo City: a 10-year prospective study. Clinical article.

Object: The main objective was to study the epidemiological data obtained in patients with cervical spinal trauma (CST) in the north area of São Paulo City between 1997 and 2006.

Methods: All patients with severe CST in the north area of São Paulo City were studied. The data analyzed were age, sex, incidence, causes of trauma, level of trauma, morbidity, deaths, and complications.