Age-Based Incidence of Dens Fracture Has Unimodal Distribution Rather Than Commonly Claimed Bimodal Distribution

Background:. Type-II dens fractures have long been described in the literature as occurring in a bimodal distribution, peaking in young adulthood as well as in older adulthood; however, the origin of this claim is unclear. The primary goal of this study was to examine the incidence of type-II dens f...

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Main Authors: Rita Somogyi, BA, Spencer Smith, BS, Jonathan Kark, MD, Won Hyung A. Ryu, MD, Jung Yoo, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2024-03-01
Series:JBJS Open Access
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/jbjsoa/fulltext/10.2106/JBJS.OA.23.00059