Surgical treatment of C2 fractures in the elderly: A multicenter retrospective analysis

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 91-95

  Omeis, Ibrahim ^a   Duggal, Neil ^b   Rubano, Jerry ^a   Cerabona, Franco ^a   Abrahams, John ^a   Fink, Marie ^b   Das, Kaushik ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atlantoaxial; C2 fracture; Cervical spine fixation; Elderly; Odontoid screw

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CENTRAL CORD SYNDROME; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; HEART ARREST; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RESUSCITATION; SPINE STABILIZATION; AGE; AGING; AXIS; BONE REGENERATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONVALESCENCE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERNAL FIXATOR; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AXIS; BONE REGENERATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 67650215676     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BSD.0b013e3181723d1b     Document Type: Article

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