Analysis of geriatric patients with minor spinal trauma admitted to the emergency department of a university hospital

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dc.authoridTufan Akın Giray / 0000-0003-4619-4034
dc.authorwosidTufan Akın Giray / AGQ-5015-2022
dc.contributor.authorGiray, Tufan Akın
dc.contributor.authorKayıpmaz, Afşin Emre
dc.contributor.authorSönmez, Erkin
dc.contributor.authorHaberal, Kemal Murat
dc.contributor.authorYılmaz, Cem
dc.contributor.authorKavalcı, Cemil
dc.contributor.authorOğuztürk, Hakan
dc.date.accessioned2020-08-30T20:06:34Z
dc.date.available2020-08-30T20:06:34Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.departmentİstinye Üniversitesi, Tıp Fakültesi, Dahili Tıp Bilimleri Bölümüen_US
dc.description.abstractObjective: To retrospectively analyze patients aged 65 years and over, who were admitted to a level II trauma center in Turkey due to minor spinal trauma in a period of 4 years. Methods: The study included 64 patients aged 65 years and over, who were admitted to the Emergency Department of Baskent University Ankara Hospital between January 2011 and January 2015 and diagnosed with vertebral trauma. The information of the patients was obtained from the medical records. The clinical characteristics of patients including localizations and types of fracture, presence of additional system injuries and treatment options were investigated. Results: The most common cause was fall, accounting for 51 (79.7%), with 7 (10.9%) due to intra-vehicle traffic accident, and 6 (9.4%) due to out-of-vehicle pedestrian injury. The most common site of trauma was the lumbar region. Of the fractures, 46.9% (n=30) were in the lumbar region, 37.5% (n=24) in the thoracic region and 15.6% (n=10) were in the cervical vertebra region. Fourteen (21.9%) patients had an additional injury. Given the fracture types, 47 fractures (74.6%) were compression, 14 fractures (22.2%) were spinous process and 2 fractures (3.2%) were burst fractures. Twenty patients (31.2%) had multilevel vertebral fractures. Conclusions: The results of our study demonstrated the importance of vertebral fractures in the geriatric age group. In this age group, falls and motor vehicle accidents are the leading causes of vertebral traumas. Taking the necessary measures to prevent the risk factors which increase with aging is the most important step in preventing the mortality and morbidity that may occur as a result of vertebral fracture.en_US
dc.identifier.citationGiray, T. A., Kayipmaz, A. E., Sonmez, E., Haberal, K. M., Yilmaz, C., Kavalci, C., & Oguzturk, H. (2019). Analysis of geriatric patients with minor spinal trauma admitted to the emergency department of a university hospital. Journal of Acute Disease, 8(5), 191.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.4103/2221-6189.268407en_US
dc.identifier.endpage194en_US
dc.identifier.issn2221-6189en_US
dc.identifier.issn2589-5516en_US
dc.identifier.issue5en_US
dc.identifier.startpage191en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.4103/2221-6189.268407
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12713/557
dc.identifier.volume8en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000498066500003en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/Aen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.institutionauthorGiray, Tufan Akınen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherWolters Kluwer Medknow Publicationsen_US
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Acute Diseaseen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectElderlyen_US
dc.subjectTraumaen_US
dc.subjectVertebral Columnen_US
dc.titleAnalysis of geriatric patients with minor spinal trauma admitted to the emergency department of a university hospitalen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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