Objective To systematic review and meta-synthesize qualitative studies on posttraumatic growth experience among patients with spinal cord injury. Methods PubMed, Cochrane library, Web of Science, CNKI, Wanfang database, VIP and SinoMed were included to retrieve qualitative studies published from inception to December 2018 regarding posttraumatic growth experience among patients with spinal cord injury. The JBI Critical Appraisal Tool for qualitative studies was used to evaluate the quality of the included studies. The searching results were synthesized by employing integrating methods. Results Three integration results were obtained after comprehensive analysis:patients with spinal cord injury took a grinding journey to gain posttraumatic growth through struggle in despair and reflection on the meaning of self-existence;personal resources, cognitive processing, participation in meaningful activities and social support were protective factors for posttraumatic growth in patients with spinal cord injury;patients with spinal cord injury developed various cognitive and behavioral strategies to deal with traumatic events. Conclusion Medical staff, family members and society should cooperate with each other to explore the patient′s personal resources and take intervention measures to improve the level of patients′ posttraumatic growth, so that they can actively face the disease and life and strive to return to society as soon as possible.