BACKGROUND: The paucity of published reports from West Africa on the outcome of spinal cord injuries (SCI) reflects the limitations of the developing health care delivery system in this part of the world.
OBJECTIVE: To review the outcome of the spinal cord injuries managed in our centre and relate same to those of published reports. METHODS: We conducted a prospective study by utilizing astructured proforma on all SCI cases admitted to and managed in our service from April 21, 2006 to April 20, 2008. The collated data were then analyzed and compared to the literature. RESULTS: Spinal injury (neural and non-neural) was diagnosed in 62 (7.5%) of 826 total consultations in the two-year period under study. Thirty-five (56.5%) of them were