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Makara Journal of Health Research, 2012 Cervical spine injury is one of the most common spinal cord injuries in trauma patients. From 100,000 spinal cord injury cases reported in the United States of America (2008), sixty seven percent involve cervical spine injury.
M. Zafrullah Arifin, Jefri Henky
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Prevalence and Distribution of Ossified Lesions in the Whole Spine of Patients with Cervical Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament A Multicenter Study (JOSL CT study). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL) can cause severe and irreversible paralysis in not only the cervical spine but also the thoracolumbar spine.
Takashi Hirai +22 more
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Indian Journal of Orthopaedics, 2007 Cervical spine trauma is a common problem with a wide range of severity from minor ligamentous injury to frank osteo-ligamentous instability with spinal cord injury. The emergent evaluation of patients at risk relies on standardized clinical and radiographic protocols to identify injuries; elucidate associated pathology; classify injuries; and predict ...
Dilip K. Sengupta, Joel Torretti
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The impact of body mass index on severity of cervical spine fracture: A retrospective cohort study
Journal of Craniovertebral Junction and Spine, 2019 Background: No study has evaluated the relationship between increasing BMI and severity/type of cervical spine injuries. Aims and Objectives: The objective of our study was to study the impact of body mass index (BMI) on severity of cervical spine ...
Stephanie Choo +4 more
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Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2021 Introduction: In this study we aimed to determine the rate of traumatic abnormalities on cervical spine magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) after a normal cervical spine computed tomography (CT) in older patients with ground-level falls.
Corinne H. Cushing +2 more
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COMPARISON OF RADIOGRAPHIC METHODS FOR MEASURING CERVICAL SPINE CURVATURE [PDF]
Coluna/ColumnaObjectives: Compare three methods for evaluating the curvature of the cervical spine (Cobb, Jackson and Harrison method) considering the morphological types of cervical curvature (lordotic, straightened, sigmoid and kyphotic).
GABRIEL MATTOS GOES +3 more
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A Lethal Sequelae of Spinal Infection Complicating Surgery and Radiotherapy for Head and Neck Cancer [PDF]
Asian Spine Journal, 2015 Patients who have undergone neck dissection and radiotherapy are at risk of cervical spine infections. Furthermore, previous radiotherapy and cervical spine infections can lead to fistula formation to the subarachnoid space and intracranial infection ...
Jason Pui Yin Cheung +3 more
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Functional Independence Measure Penderita Cedera Servikal
Majalah Kedokteran Bandung, 2013 Cervical spine injury is one of the most common spinal cord injuries in trauma patients. From 100,000 spinal cord injury cases reported in the United States of America (2008), 2/3 involved cervical spine injury.
Muhammad Zafrullah Arifin, Jefri Henky
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FRACTURE OF THE CERVICAL SPINE [PDF]
Journal of the American Medical Association, 1911 History. —H. M., aged 24, a Stanford student, very muscular and athletic, while performing in the gymnasium was tumbling over a horse 2 to 3 feet high. He had taken hold of the saddle, flexed his head and neck, and was in the act of going over when his hands slipped off the saddle.
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Interactive Digital CT Atlas of the Pediatric Cervical Spine
MedEdPORTAL, 2009 Computerized tomography (CT) evaluation of the pediatric cervical spine is complicated by the changing appearance of normal structures during childhood.
Grace Phillips +4 more
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