Odontoid fractures in the elderly: Dorsal C1/C2 fusion is superior to halo-vest immobilization

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 83-89

  Frangen, Thomas M ^a   Zilkens, Christoph ^a   Muhr, Gert ^a   Schinkel, Christian ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atlantoaxial instability; Cervical spine; Geriatric patients; Odontoid fractures; Operative treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; CERVICAL COLLAR; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEART FAILURE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; LUNG INSUFFICIENCY; MALE; NECK PAIN; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; ODONTOID PROCESS FRACTURE; PEDICLE SCREW; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; PSEUDARTHROSIS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE FUSION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; WOUND INFECTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODONTOID PROCESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 34447338380     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e318060d2b9     Document Type: Article

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