Functional and quality-of-life outcomes in geriatric patients with type-ii dens fracture

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 95, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 729-735

  Vaccaro, Alexander R ^a   Kepler, Christopher K ^a   Kopjar, Branko ^b   Chapman, Jens ^b   Shaffrey, Christopher ^c   Arnold, Paul ^d   Gokaslan, Ziya ^e   Brodke, Darrel ^f   France, John ^g   Dekutoski, Mark ^h   Sasso, Rick ⁱ   Yoon, S Tim ^j   Bono, Christopher ^k   Harrop, James ^a   Fehlings, Michael G ^l  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^g WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

ⁱ INDIANA SPINE GROUP   (United States)

^j EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^l TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE IMMOBILIZATION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NECK DISABILITY INDEX; ODONTOID PROCESS FRACTURE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SHORT FORM 36; AGE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONVALESCENCE; IMMOBILIZATION; INJURY; ODONTOID PROCESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; ODONTOID PROCESS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880175344     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.K.01636     Document Type: Article

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