Isolated traumatic occipital condyle fractures: Is external cervical orthosis even necessary?

BACKGROUND: Occipital condyle fractures (OCFs) have been reported in up to 4–16% of individuals suffering cervical spine trauma. The current management of OCF fractures relies on a rigid cervical collar for 6 weeks or longer. Here, we calculated the rate of acute and delayed surgical intervention (o...

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Autores principales: Nwachuku, Enyinna, Njoku-Austin, Confidence, Patel, Kevin P., Anthony, Austin W., Mittal, Aditya, Hamilton, David Kojo, Kanter, Adam, Gerszten, Peter C., Okonkwo, David
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Scientific Scholar 2021
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8571366/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34754574
http://dx.doi.org/10.25259/SNI_748_2021

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8571366/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34754574
http://dx.doi.org/10.25259/SNI_748_2021

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