Predictors of treatment outcomes in geriatric patients with odontoid fractures: AOSpine North America multi-centre prospective GOF study

Spine

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 881-886

  Fehlings, Michael G ^a   Arun, Ranganathan ^a   Vaccaro, Alexander R ^b   Arnold, Paul M ^c   Chapman, Jens R ^d   Kopjar, Branko ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservative treatment; Geriatric; Odontoid fracture; Predictors; Surgical treatment; Treatment outcomes; Type II

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK DISABILITY INDEX; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; ODONTOID PROCESS FRACTURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX; SF 36V2 SCORE; SHORT FORM 36; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE SURGERY; TREATMENT FAILURE; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NECK PAIN; ODONTOID PROCESS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879089198     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31828314ee     Document Type: Article

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