Traumatic brain injury (TBI) and spinal cord injury (SCI) are devastating conditions with far-reaching physical, emotional, and economic consequences for patients, families, and society at large. In The Lancet Neurology, the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors (GBD) 2016 TBI and SCI Collaborators provide a rigorous and comprehensive analysis of the global, regional, and national burden of TBI and SCI from 1990 to 2016.1 In addition to providing point estimates for the incidence, prevalence, and years of life lived with disability (YLD) of TBI and SCI by country, the Collaborators examine how these measures have changed with time.
Original Article: [Comment] Global burden of traumatic brain and spinal cord injury