Abstract

Introduction In traumatic spinal cord injury the presence of comorbidities complications and associated injuries have an impact on the internal environment modified by aging and as a consequence increases mortality in the elderly Objective To expose the repercussion of these factors in the mortality of the elderly with traumatic spinal cord injury Methods A prospective study of 38 geriatric patients with spinal cord trauma treated from January 2018 to January 2021 with a mean age of 71 26 was conducted The investigation consisted of two stages the collection of data such as comorbidities causes and intensity of the accident medical complications and associated injuries and another where follow-up was carried out for three months mortality was considered as a dependent variable