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. 2015 Oct 8;1:15022. doi: 10.1038/scsandc.2015.22

Table 1. Demographic characteristics at the time when CSA was diagnosed.

Patient 1 Patient 2 Patient 3 Patient 4
Gender Female Female Female Female
Age (years) 67 42 50 44
AIS grade/level A sub T3 A sub T4 A sub T12 B sub T6
Age at accident (years) 35 3 20 28
Surgical treatment of SCI No No Dorsal instrumentation+laminectomy Dorsal instrumentation+laminectomy
Charcot lesions (n) 3 2 1 1
Level of CSA T12/L1; L2/3, L4/5 T8/9; L5/S1 L4/5 L3/4
Time lag betw. SCI–CSA diagnosis (years) 33 39 29 17
Follow-up (months) 17 62 73 6

Abbreviations: AIS, American Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale; CSA, Charcot spinal arthropathy; SCI, spinal cord injury.