The Burden of Concomitant Spinal Injury in the Setting of Traumatic Brain Injury that Required Admission to ICU—Lessons from a Tertiary Neurosurgery Center

Among TBI requiring ICU admission, there were 15.2% concomitant spinal column injuries, including 2.9% SCI. Lessons on the patterns of concomitant craniospinal injury and their outcomes can help stratify resources, improve the assessment and diagnosis of such complex trauma, and guide future protocols to improve patient outcomes.