Curiosity or Underdiagnosed? Injuries to Thoracolumbar Spine with Concomitant Trauma to Pancreas

The pancreas is at risk of damage as a consequence thoracolumbar spine injury. However, there are no studies providing prevalence data to support this assumption. Data from European hospitals documented in the TraumaRegister DGU® (TR-DGU) between 2008–2017 were analyzed estimate correlation and determine impact on clinical outcome. A total 44,279 patients with significant trauma, defined Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS) ?2, included. Patients transferred another hospital within 48 h excluded prevent double counting. 135,567 without injuries (AIS ? 1) used control group. Four-hundred trauma had pancreatic Pancreatic more common after (0.90% versus (vs.) 0.51%, odds ratio (OR) 1.78; 95% confidence intervals (CI), 1.57–2.01). likely be male (68%) higher mean Severity Score (ISS) than those (35.7 ± 16.0 vs. 23.8 12.4). Mean length stay (LOS) intensive care unit (ICU) was longer In-hospital mortality 17.5% 9.7% injury, respectively. Although uncommon, concurrent injury setting can portend much serious