Patients with traumatic spinal injuries treated in a low- and middle-income country: what happens after discharge?
This is one of few studies to report on posthospital follow-up using telephone contact for TSI in an LMIC. Among the contactable patients, there were high rates of morbidity and mortality and low rates of employment, showing the considerable medical, social, and economic impact of TSI in this young population and the need for rehabilitation and support services postdischarge.
Authors
- Consolata Shayo
- Jill G. Joseph (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4083-1880)
- Halinder S. Mangat (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3426-2001)
- Chibuikem A. Ikwuegbuenyi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3646-7713)
- François Waterkeyn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3356-9346)
- Ibrahim Hussain (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6343-2228)
- Scott L. Zuckerman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2951-2942)
- Tyler Zeoli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3929-5964)
- Hamisi Kimaro Shabani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0966-1062)
- Julie Woodfield (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3645-500X)
- Arthur Okembo
- Roger Härtl
- Noah Willett
- Rahel Mwavika
- Hiten Solanki
Institutions
- NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital (US)
- Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (TZ)
- Cornell University (US)
- New York Hospital Queens (US)
- University Medical Center (US)
- University of Kansas Medical Center (US)
- Grand Charleroi Hospital (BE)
- Neurological Surgery (US)
- Muhimbili Orthopaedic Institute (TZ)
- Weill Cornell Medicine (US)
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center (US)
- University of Edinburgh (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Neurosurgical FOCUS
- Published
- 2025-03-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3171/2024.12.focus24826
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Trauma and Emergency Care Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.25