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Spinal Cord Transection in a Type II Odontoid Fracture From a Ground-Level Fall

Odontoid fractures typically occur as a result of trauma: high-velocity injuries like motor vehicle accidents in young people and falls for the elderly. Odontoid fractures are the most common cervical spine fractures in patients over 65, with type II being the most common. However, spinal cord trans...

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Autores principales: Agunbiade, Samiat, Belton, Patrick J, Mesfin, Fassil B
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7837629/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33520537
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.12342