BACKGROUND Spinal cord injuries are highly disabling and deadly injuries. Currently, few studies focus on non-traumatic spinal cord injuries, and there is little information regarding the risk factors for complete injuries. This study aims to describe the demographics and the injury characteristics for both traumatic and non-traumatic spinal cord injuries and to explore the risk factors for com...

objectives the aim of this study was to present the incidence and characteristics of repeated tbi (rtbi) in iranian patients. patients and methods during one year, all admitted tbi patients with prior tbi history were enrolled into the study. in each patient, data such as age, gender, past medical history, injury cause, anatomic site of injury, tbi severity, clinical findings and ct scan findin...

traumatic brain injuries may cause some neurological deficits, such as altered level of consciousness or coma, sensory-motor dysfunction, and seizure attacks. the neuroprotective effect of progesterone and erythropoietin has been shown in different types of brain injuries and cerebral ischemia. this study aims to evaluate the probable additional neuroprotective effects of progesterone and eryth...

background traumatic brain injury (tbi) is a worldwide problem, especially in countries with high incidences of road traffic accidents such as iran. patients with a single occurrence of tbi have been shown to be at increased risk to future tbi. this study presents incidences and characteristics of repeated traumatic brain injury (rtbi) in iran. materials and methods during one year, all admitte...

Microstomia is a complication of facial burns, traumatic injuries, scleroderma, or surgical reconstructions involving the oral aperture. A variety of orthoses for the correction or prevention of microstomia are offered by dentists, occupational therapists, physical therapists, and other specialists. This paper provides an overview of the structural and clinical features of 12 common tissue-born...

BACKGROUND Hispanic and foreign-born workers suffer high rates of occupational fatality. Reasons for this are not well understood. Our aim was to gather information about the details related to severe, non-fatal occupational injuries in this vulnerable population. METHODS Eight years of data were obtained from an urban trauma center. In addition, medical consultations of individuals admitted ...

Fatal Occupational Injuries — Continued CDC’s National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) monitors occupational injury deaths through death certificates compiled for the National Traumatic Occupational Fatalities (NTOF) surveillance system* (1 ). Previous reports analyzed data from 1980–1989 (1–3 ). This report updates these estimates on the magnitude of work-related injury de...

BACKGROUND This study aimed to determine the pattern of traumatic lower extremity vascular injuries in Iran. METHODS Patients with vascular injury of the lower extremity were selected from the Iranian National Trauma Project. This project was conducted in eight major cities during 2000-2004 and consisted of more than 17000 patients. RESULTS Sixty-three subjects (54 men) with a total of 92 v...

OBJECTIVES Although the United States has generally enjoyed declining rates of fatal occupational injury, the rate of decline has not been uniform. To examine the heterogeneity of trends, changes in fatal occupational injury rates from 1980 to 1996 were estimated by occupation, industry, geographic region, and demographic group. METHODS Deaths due to injury at work during 1980-96 were identif...

penile amputation is an uncommon urological emergency. although rare, traumatic amputation of penis is a challenging injury to treat. however, modern microsurgical reconstruction techniques have improved success rate of penile replantation and become the procedure of choice for managing these patients. herein, we report on a case of penile amputation following an industrial accident.