Type II odontoid fractures of the cervical spine: Do treatment type and medical comorbidities affect mortality in elderly patients?

Spine

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 879-885

  Schoenfeld, Andrew J ^a   Bono, Christopher M ^a   Reichmann, William M ^a   Warholic, Natalie ^a   Wood, Kirkham B ^b   Losina, Elena ^a   Katz, Jeffrey N ^a   Harris, Mitchel B ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

cervical spine trauma; elderly; mortality; Odontoid fracture; outcomes

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; ODONTOID PROCESS FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; ODONTOID PROCESS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79955668935     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181e8e77c     Document Type: Article

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