Conservative treatment of upper cervical spine injuries with the halo vest: An appropriate option for all patients independent of their age? Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 543-550

  Daentzer, Dorothea ^a   Flörkemeier, Thilo ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atlas; Axis; Complication; Conservative treatment; Halo vest; Odontoid fracture; Upper cervical spine injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HALO VEST; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AXIS; CERVICAL ATLAS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67049109666     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.2.SPINE08484     Document Type: Article

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