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A Contusive Model of Unilateral Cervical Spinal Cord Injury Using the Infinite Horizon Impactor
Published on: July 24, 2012
[Injuries of the upper cervical spine : Update on diagnostics and management]
Matti Scholz1, Frank Kandziora1, Frank Hildebrand2
1BG Unfallklink Frankfurt am Main gGmbH, Zentrum für Wirbelsäulenchirurgie und Neurotraumatologie, Frankfurt, Deutschland.
Abstract:
Injuries to the upper cervical spine represent a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge to the treating surgeon due to the complex anatomical relationships and biomechanical features. In this further education article the diagnostic principles, established classifications and therapeutic recommendations as well as injury-specific characteristics of bony and ligamentous injuries to the upper cervical spine (C0-C2) are presented.
