Fig 1.
The number of patients included in the study and the outcome analyses. For outcome analyses, only complete cases were included. For neurological improvement, patients who were AIS E on admission were excluded. For neurological deterioration, patients who were AIS A on admission were excluded. (AIS: American Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale).
Fig 2.
Distribution of mechanism of injury.
Mechanisms of injury are grouped by RTA (shown in green) and non-RTA mechanisms (shown in yellow). A vehicle includes all driver or passenger accidents of motor vehicles; a motorcycle includes all driver or passenger accidents of motorcycles; a pedestrian includes all accidents where any motor vehicle/motorcycle injures pedestrians. High-impact falls (greater than 3m) are separated from low-impact falls (less than 3m). RTA: Road traffic accident. m: Meters.
Table 1.
Demographics, injury patterns, and outcomes by the mechanism of injury.
Fig 3.
Change in AIS from admission to discharge—stacked bar graph with AIS at admission on the x-axis.
We included the 508 patients who survived with AIS recorded at admission and discharge. The stacked bar graph is color-coded according to the AIS grade at discharge. The legend on the right shows the colors for AIS on discharge. AIS: American Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale.
Table 2.
Mechanism of injury and neurological improvement.
Table 3.
Mechanism of injury and neurological deterioration.
Table 4.
Mechanism of injury and mortality.