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Blunt trauma from high speed motor vehicle accidents, falls from excessive heights, dives into shallow water, and penetrating trauma from gunshot wounds cause the majority of spine lesions; most of these do not involve permanent injury. Spinal cord injury occurs in 12,000–15,000 people per year in the USA; about 10% of these injuries cause permanent damage. Most spinal cord injuries occur in young men between the age of 15 and 25 years. About 5% occur in children.
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Nielsen, C.H. (2012). Perioperative Challenges in Patients with Unstable Spine. In: Brambrink, A., Kirsch, J. (eds) Essentials of Neurosurgical Anesthesia & Critical Care. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-09562-2_27
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