Nonoperative management of vertical C2 body fractures

Neurosurgery

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 516-520

  German, John W ^a,c   Hart, Blaine L ^a   Benzel, Edward C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Axis; C2 vertebra; Cervical spine; Odontoid; Spondylolisthesis; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE IMMOBILIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; ORTHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINE FUSION; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRA BODY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ATLAS; AXIS; BRACES; COMA; FRACTURES, CLOSED; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; INCIDENCE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; NECK PAIN; NEW MEXICO; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 14644419014     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000153908.53579.E4     Document Type: Review

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