Radiographic analysis of type II odontoid fractures in a geriatric patient population: Description and pathomechanism of the "Geier"-deformity

European Spine Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1928-1939

  Reinhold, Maximilian ^a,b   Bellabarba, C ^a   Bransford, R ^a   Chapman, J ^a   Krengel, W ^c   Lee, M ^a   Wagner, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^c Seattle Children's ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Geriatric patients; Odontoid fracture; Operative non operative treatment; Radiographic analysis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE TREATMENT; GEIER DEFORMITY; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HALO VEST; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ODONTOID PROCESS FRACTURE; ORTHOSIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SPINE FUSION; SPINE MALFORMATION; SPINE SURGERY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ODONTOID PROCESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84855187495     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: 14320932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-011-1903-6     Document Type: Article

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