Pattern of Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury and Its Management in a Rural Hospital

Abstract

BACKGROUND Understanding the current epidemiology of acute traumatic spinal cord injury is essential for public resource allocation and primary prevention. The spinal cord injured patient is congregated early in spinal unit where better facilities and dedicated expert care exists the outcome of treatment and rehabilitation can be improved. The objective of this study, therefore, is to know how traumatic spinal cord injury patients are being treated at rural area of India and to suggest step to improve the quality of care of the traumatic cord injury patients in rural population of the Indian setup.