Table 2.
Characteristics of 649 cases according to different level and the severity of the injury.
| Variables | The level and the severity of the injury | Total | Statistics | P | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Complete tetraplegia | Incomplete tetraplegia | Complete paraplegia | Incomplete paraplegia | ||||
| Frequency (%) | 130 (20%) | 205 (31.6%) | 226 (34.8%) | 88 (13.6%) | 649 (100%) | χ2 = 72.004 | < 0.001 |
| Gender | χ2 = 18.127 | < 0.001 | |||||
| Male | 108 (83.1%) | 159 (77.6%) | 145 (64.2%) | 62 (70.5%) | 474 (73%) | ||
| Female | 22 (16.9%) | 46 (22.4%) | 81 (35.8%) | 26 (29.5%) | 175 (27%) | ||
| Fracture level | |||||||
| C1-C2 | 2 (1.5%) | 11 (5.4%) | 3 (1.3%) | 0 (0%) | 16 (2.5%) | ||
| C3-C7 | 109 (83.8%) | 121 (59%) | 5 (2.2%) | 8 (9.1%) | 243 (37.4%) | ||
| T1-T10 | 19 (14.6%) | 16 (7.8%) | 88 (38.9%) | 33 (37.5%) | 156 (24%) | ||
| T11-L2 | 6 (4.6%) | 1 (0.5%) | 133 (58.8%) | 50 (56.8%) | 190 (29.3%) | ||
| L3-L5 | 0 (0%) | 4 (2%) | 18 (8%) | 7 (8%) | 29 (4.5%) | ||
| S | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 4 (1.8%) | 0 (0%) | 4 (0.6%) | ||
| No | 18 (13.8%) | 76 (37.1%) | 25 (11.1%) | 12 (13.6%) | 131 (20.2%) | ||
| Surgery | χ2 = 5.652 | 0.130 | |||||
| Yes | 122 (93.8%) | 188 (91.7%) | 200 (88.5%) | 75 (85.2%) | 585 (90.1%) | ||
| No | 8 (6.2%) | 17 (8.3%) | 26 (11.5%) | 13 (14.8%) | 64 (9.9%) | ||
| Surgical approach | |||||||
| Anterior | 82 (63.1%) | 108 (52.7%) | 72 (31.9%) | 21 (23.9%) | 283 (43.6%) | χ2 = 53.541 | < 0.001 |
| Posterior | 17 (13.1%) | 61 (29.8%) | 128 (56.6%) | 51 (58%) | 257 (39.6%) | χ2 = 86.362 | < 0.001 |
| Anterior–posterior | 23 (17.7%) | 19 (9.3%) | 0 (0%) | 3 (3.4%) | 45 (6.9%) | F = 48.873 | < 0.001 |
| Degeneration of vertebrae | F = 13.241 | 0.002 | |||||
| No | 129 (99.2%) | 193 (94.1%) | 224 (99.1%) | 88 (100%) | 634 (97.7%) | ||
| Yes | 1 (0.8%) | 12 (5.9%) | 2 (0.9%) | 0 (0%) | 15 (2.3%) | ||
| Consequences | |||||||
| Spasticity | 24 (18.5%) | 65 (31.7%) | 27 (11.9%) | 17 (19.3%) | 133 (20.5%) | χ2 = 26.357 | < 0.001 |
| Osteoporosis | 22 (16.9%) | 29 (14.1%) | 42 (18.6%) | 20 (22.7%) | 113 (17.4%) | χ2 = 3.487 | 0.322 |
| Neurogenic bladder | 65 (50%) | 93 (45.4%) | 117 (51.8%) | 44 (50%) | 319 (49.2%) | χ2 = 1.858 | 0.602 |
| Complications | |||||||
| Intestinal dysfunction | 48 (36.9%) | 78 (38%) | 88 (38.9%) | 37 (42%) | 251 (38.7%) | ||
| Urinary infection | 59 (45.4%) | 65 (31.7%) | 66 (29.2%) | 19 (21.6%) | 209 (32.2%) | ||
| Neuralgia | 33 (25.4%) | 61 (29.8%) | 66 (29.2%) | 21 (23.9%) | 181 (27.9%) | ||
| Respiratory infection | 23 (17.7%) | 36 (17.6%) | 16 (7.1%) | 8 (9.1%) | 83 (12.8%) | ||
| Pressure ulcer | 17 (13.1%) | 14 (6.8%) | 29 (12.8%) | 7 (8%) | 67 (10.3%) | ||
| Deep vein thrombosis | 9 (6.9%) | 16 (7.8%) | 30 (13.3%) | 6 (6.8%) | 61 (9.4%) | ||
| Hypotension | 22 (16.9%) | 28 (13.7%) | 6 (2.7%) | 1 (1.1%) | 57 (8.8%) | ||
| Hyponatremia | 9 (6.9%) | 10 (4.9%) | 1 (0.4%) | 0 (0%) | 20 (3.1%) | ||
| Combined injury | |||||||
| Limb fracture | 23 (17.7%) | 33 (16.1%) | 56 (24.8%) | 19 (21.6%) | 131 (20.2%) | χ2 = 5.696 | 0.127 |
| Pelvic fracture | 2 (1.5%) | 4 (2%) | 11 (4.9%) | 2 (2.3%) | 19 (2.9%) | F = 3.920 | 0.260 |
| Craniocerebral injury | 18 (13.8%) | 38 (18.5%) | 32 (14.2%) | 16 (18.2%) | 104 (16%) | χ2 = 2.308 | 0.511 |
| Rib fracture | 12 (9.2%) | 15 (7.3%) | 59 (26.1%) | 23 (26.1%) | 109 (16.8%) | χ2 = 38.017 | < 0.001 |
| Visceral injury | 32 (24.6%) | 38 (18.5%) | 84 (37.2%) | 26 (29.5%) | 180 (27.7%) | χ2 = 19.463 | < 0.001 |