Long-term clinical outcomes following surgical management of cervical spine fractures in elderly patients

Abstract Background To date, no studies have compared the outcomes of surgical management of cervical fractures in patients  Objective In this study, we aim to determine if the outcomes of surgical management of cervical fractures differ when comparing patients  Methods A retrospective review was conducted of a prospectively maintained database of 107 elderly patients who experienced cervical spine trauma between 2007 and 2014. Chi-square analysis and Fisher exact tests were performed to compare two groups on a number clinical outcome measures. Results There are no statistically significant differences when patients  Conclusions Patients ≥ 75 have statistically similar outcomes following surgical management of cervical spine fractures when compared to patients