Acute axis fractures: Analysis of management and outcome in 340 consecutive cases

Spine

Volumn 22, Issue 16, 1997, Pages 1843-1852

  Greene, Karl A ^a,c   Dickman, Curtis A ^a   Marciano, Frederick F ^a   Drabier, Janine B ^a   Hadley, Mark N ^b   Sonntag, Volker K H ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c Department of Critical Care Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute axis fracture; External immobilization; Nonoperative treatment; Odontoid fracture

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CHILD; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; ODONTOID PROCESS FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE FUSION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AXIS; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031409149     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199708150-00009     Document Type: Article

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