Epidemiological characteristics and early complications after spinal cord injury in Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
Vesna Miloshevska JakimovskaFin Biering-SørensenIngeborg Beate LidalEmil KostovskiPublished in: Spinal cord (2019)
The annual incidence of tSCI in FYROM was in 2015-16 13 persons/million inhabitants per year. The epidemiological profile of tSCI in FYROM implies that preventive measures should be taken to reduce incidence of accidents in traffic and at work places. The high mortality rate and complications underline further actions to improve the acute care of tSCI in FYROM.