Table 2 Characteristics of patients with SCIWORA in Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, China from 2018 to 2022

Number of cases

27

26

12

18

18

101

Age (years)

 16–30

0

2

0

3

0

5

 31–45

5

3

4

4

3

19

 46–60

13

11

3

5

6

38

 61–75

8

10

4

6

9

37

 76–

1

0

1

0

0

2

Average age

56.4

54.5

53.4

49.9

57.8

54.7 ± 12.3

Hospitalization, days

27.7

18.6

20.5

19.9

18.6

21.5 ± 11.9

Sex

 Male

25

23

8

14

13

83

 Female

2

3

4

4

5

18

Etiology

 MVCs

4

8

7

9

7

35

 Low falls

18

15

4

7

10

54

 High falls

2

2

1

1

1

7

 Falling objects

3

1

0

1

0

5

Occupation

 Workers

7

9

0

4

2

22

 Staff

6

2

5

2

1

16

 Peasants

2

7

3

1

4

17

 Retired individuals

11

8

4

4

4

31

 Freelancer

1

0

0

6

7

14

 Students

0

0

0

1

0

1

ASIA score

 A

1

2

0

1

0

4

 B

2

2

1

0

0

5

 C

14

13

7

11

13

58

 D

10

9

4

6

5

34

Therapy

 Nonoperative

4

5

5

2

0

16

 Anterior approach

4

5

3

5

6

23

 Posterior approach

19

16

4

11

12

62

Complication

 Wound infection

1

0

0

0

0

1

 Electrolyte disorder

1

1

0

0

1

3

 DVT

1

1

0

1

1

4

 Respiratory failure

1

1

0

0

0

2

 Urinary infection

0

1

0

0

0

1

 Hypoalbuminemia

0

1

0

1

0

2

 Gastrointestinal bleeding

0

0

1

0

0

1

 Thrombocytopenia

0

0

0

0

1

1

Associated trauma

 No

21

13

5

9

9

57

 Fracture

1

4

0

1

1

7

 Head injury

4

2

2

2

0

10

 Maxillofacial injury

3

7

6

6

8

30

 Chest injury

0

2

0

1

2

5

Severity

 Complete tetraplegia

3

4

1

0

0

8

 Incomplete tetraplegia

24

22

11

17

18

92

 Complete paraplegia

0

0

0

1

0

1

 Incomplete paraplegia

0

0

0

0

0

0