DOI: 10.36347/sasjs.2018.v04i09.003

Pages: 173-175

Our review is a retrospective study discussing epidemic, diagnostical and therapeutical characteristics of spine injuries in children at the Neurosurgery department in Ibn Tofail Hospital, Mohammed VI University Hospital Center (UHC) of Marrakesh, during 9 years, from January 2002 to December 2010, permitted us to emphasize the following points: The mean age was 10 years old. Males represented 76%. Etiologies are dominated by the falls in 49%, and the motor-vehicle accident comes in the second place. Spinal pain is the main reveller sign. Spinal cord injuries were frequent. Injuries of cervical link are predominate on the others spine injuries. Surgical treatment has been used in 75.60% of children. Evolution of neurologic injuries depends on the severity of the initial injury.