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Unusual Clinical Course of Odontoid Fracture: Transient Prehospital Cardiopulmonary Arrest

Odontoid fracture is the most common type of cervical spine fracture in the elderly. Neurological injury due to odontoid fracture is uncommon, but if the injury is severe, it can lead to cardiac arrest. We present a case of odontoid fracture with transient cardiac arrest just after the fall, which f...

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Autores principales: Maeda, Keisuke, Ichiba, Toshihisa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7813530/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33489569
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.12157