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Fifteen children who sustained traumatic spinal cord injury in British Columbia over a 13-year period have been reviewed. The aetiology, incidence of spinal fracture, length of hospitalisation and subsequent spinal surgery, and their self-care, transfer and ambulatory abilities, bowel and bladder management, schooling, employment and place of abode have been determined.
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Andrews, L., Jung, S. Spinal cord injuries in children in British Columbia. Spinal Cord 17, 442–451 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1038/sc.1979.87
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