Epidemiology of traumatic spinal cord injury in childhood and adolescence in Galicia, Spain: report of the last 26-years.
Eva Canosa-HermidaRubén Mora-BogaJ J Cabrera-SarmientoMaría Elena Ferreiro VelascoSebastián Salvador-de la BarreraA Rodríguez-SotilloAntonio Montoto-MarquésPublished in: The journal of spinal cord medicine (2017)
Traumatic spinal cord injuries are rare in children, and most cases occur between 15 and 17 years. Unlike in adults, SCIs in children mostly involve the thoracic spine. Most patients aged ≤ 10 years have SCIWORA. The most common etiology continues to be traffic accidents, although sports accidents prevail among adolescent patients.