Adv Clin Exp Med
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The spine as a motor organ is very often exposed to the action of forces released by an injury. The most frequent cause of spine and spinal cord injuries are traumas which are the result of accidents, and untreated osteoporosis or neoplasms as well. ⋯ The most common causes of spine injuries in patients are pathologic injuries (28.5%), traffic collisions (27.7%) and falls from heights (20.0%). To the largest degrees, spine injuries concerned the thoracic segment (in 34.6%), cervical segment (32.3%) and lumbar (23.8%). Complications occurring after spine injuries included pain of a damaged spine segment (61.1%), pain in other location (36.6%) and gastroenterological complications (17.6%). In the case of complications after spine and spinal cord injuries, gastroenterological complications predominate (in 42.9% patients) along with complications of the urinary system (38.1%) and pain of the injured spine segment (38.1%).