Study Design: This was a retrospective, comparative 6-year study.

Objectives: This study aimed to retrospectively analyze patients who were treated at Kilis State Hospital for spine and spinal cord injuries during the Syrian civil war and to compare the treatment results with the literature.

Setting: Kilis State Hospital, Kilis, Turkey.

Methods: In our study, 84 patients who were treated for spine and spinal cord injuries between December 2011 and May 2017 were examined. Patient age, sex, injury type, injury region, neurological status, time from injury to treatment, treatment methods, surgical methods applied, and complications were evaluated.

Results: Of the patients, 72 were male, and 12 were female. The mean age of the patients was 23.2 ± 7.3 years. Fifty-two patients were treated surgically. Surgical treatment was applied to 44 patients with neurological deficits. At least 1-grade neurological improvement was observed in 77.3% (n = 34) of patients with neurological deficits who underwent surgical treatment. Surgical treatment was performed on 18 (34.6%) patients in the first 24 h, 27 (51.9%) patients within 24-72 h, and 7 patients (13.5%) between 72 h and 5 days. Neurological improvement was observed in all patients with neurological deficits who underwent surgical treatment in the first 24 h.

Conclusions: Early surgery (in the first 24 h) had a positive effect on the neurological recovery of the patients in our study. Thus, patients with spine and spinal cord injuries rendered a surgical-treatment decision should be operated on in a timely manner, particularly within the first 24 h.

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