Cervical Fractures (Subscribe)  

This area of the upper cervical spine is extremely mobile, and its stability is dependent on ligamentous structures. In unresponsive patients or those who are unable to report symptoms or pain, a C1 fracture or an occipital cervical dislocation must be excluded by radiographic screening. Also, displacement of the C1...

Cervical spine (C-spine) injuries are the most feared of all spinal injuries because of the potential for significant deleterious sequelae. Correlation is noted between the level of injury and morbidity/mortality (ie, the higher the level of the C-spine injury - the higher the morbidity and mortality). Craniocervical junction injuries are...

Cervical spine fractures lead to substantial morbidity and mortality. Neck injury in athletes can quickly end or change the future of an athlete. Failure to properly recognize and provide early care in cervical spine fracture cases may lead to devastating complications.
ynonyms and related keywords: cervical spine fracture, neck fracture, spinal...

Approximately 5-10% of unconscious patients who present to the ED as the result of a motor vehicle accident or fall have a major injury to the cervical spine. Most cervical spine fractures occur predominantly at 2 levels. One third of injuries occur at the level of C2, and one half...

One of the most challenging roles of the team physician involves the intervention and decision-making processes regarding cervical spine (C-spine) injuries in contact sports. The team physician must be well versed in the prevention, evaluation, stabilization, and treatment of C-spine injuries. A high index of suspicion and an understanding of...

A patient with thirty years history of ankylosing spondylitis sustained a head and neck injury after a fall.He was transmitted to the emergency department .His GCS was 15 with no findings in neurological examination.He had x-rays of the head and neck which considered normal and the patient discharged from the...

Accepted radiology practice for the US military. Les Folo, DO, MPH

May be clinically & radiographically similar to flexion teardrop fracture;
- its important to distinguish these two, since, neurologic deficits assoc w/ burst fracture may be...

Injuries of the subaxial cervical spine (C3-7) are among the most common and potentially most devastating injuries involving the axial skeleton. Assume a cervical spine injury is present until proven otherwise in patients presenting to an emergency facility with a history of a high-speed motor vehicle accident, significant head or...

Management of Acute Odontoid Fractures: Operative Techniques and Complication Avoidance from Neurosurg Focus 8(6), 2000.
Shushil Shilpakar SK, M.D., Mark R. Mclaughlin, M.D., Regis W. Haid, Jr. M.D., Gerald E. Rodts, Jr., M.D., Brian R. Subach, M.D., Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal; and The Emory Clinic, Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia
Abstract In...