Predictors of Treatment Outcomes in Geriatric Patients With Odontoid Fractures: AOSpine North America Multi-Centre Prospective GOF Study
Both surgical and non-surgical treatments of geriatric Type II odontoid fractures carry a high risk of treatment failure. Surgical management of these patients is complicated by medical comorbidities, poor bone quality, and impaired physiologic reserves. Our results s uggest treatment failure in thi...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
2013
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3678886/ |