Cervical fractures with associated spinal cord injury in children and adolescents: epidemiology, costs, and in-hospital mortality rates in 4418 patients

Amit Jain,Jaysson T. Brooks,Sandesh S. Rao,Michael C. Ain,Paul David Sponseller

Cervical fractures with associated spinal cord injury in children and adolescents: epidemiology, costs, and in-hospital mortality rates in 4418 patients

2015

Amit Jain
Jaysson T. Brooks
Sandesh S. Rao
Michael C. Ain
Paul David Sponseller

Background Cervical spine fractures with spinal cord injury (CFSCI) can be devastating. We describe the epidemiology of children and adolescents with CFSCI.

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Surgery
Medicine
Spinal cord injury
Epidemiology
Mortality rate
Central cord syndrome
patient characteristics
cervical spine
Orthopedic surgery
in hospital mortality

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