The reported prevalence of sciatica ranges from 1.2% to 43%. Epidural injections are the most commonly performed interventions for sciatica A provincial based spinal unitBackground:
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To determine the incidence, distribution and associated organ damage in patients that sustained multilevel spinal injuries presenting to a level 1 trauma unit. Is the standard trauma series adequate? A retrospective, chart review of all spinal injury patients that were admitted to the spinal unit from March 2007 to May 2011 was performed. Patients with multilevel spinal injuries were isolated from paediatric, single level, and gunshot injuries. All Trauma unit patients undergo a full body C.T scan with angiography. Using the radiologist's reports the incidence, mechanism of injury, distribution patterns and associated organ damage sustained by this subset of patients was tabulated and reported on.Objective
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