Odontoid fractures in the elderly: Should we operate?

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 583-586

  Fagin, Alice M ^a   Cipolle, Mark D ^b   Barraco, Robert D ^a   Eid, Sherrine ^a   Reed, James F ^b   Li, P Mark ^a   Pasquale, Michael D ^a  

^a LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CHRISTIANA CARE HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

C2 fracture; Elderly; Mortality; Nonoperative management; Odontoid fracture; Pneumonia; Surgery; Traumatic odontoid fracture; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE NONUNION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; ODONTOID PROCESS FRACTURE; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; ODONTOID PROCESS; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 77949453792     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181b23608     Document Type: Article

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