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

Background: To date, no studies have compared the outcomes of surgical management of cervical fractures in patients<75 to those of patients≥75. Given the possibility of increased frailty in “older” elderly patients, it is important to consider how the outcomes of surgery compare in these two pati...

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Main Authors: James Zhou, B.S., Nitin Agarwal, M.D., Gurpreet S. Gandhoke, M.D., Mike T. Koltz, M.D., Adam S. Kanter, M.D., David O. Okonkwo, M.D. Ph.D., D. Kojo Hamilton, M.D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-06-01
Series:Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214751917300786