Increased incidence of vertebral fractures in German adults from 2009 to 2019 and the analysis of secondary diagnoses, treatment, costs, and in-hospital mortality by Siegmund Lang, Nike Walter, Viola Freigang, Carsten Neumann, Markus Loibl, Volker Alt, Markus Rupp

“…The highest increases were seen in the numbers of subaxial cervical fractures (+ 121.2%) and sacral fractures (+ 306.6%). …”
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Neurological disability among adults following traumatic spinal fractures in Saudi Arabia: a retrospective single-center medical record review by Sami AlEissa, Suhail Saad AlAssiri, Rayed Meshal AlJehani, Faisal Mohammedsaleh Konbaz, Mohammed Jassim AlSalman, Majed Abaalkhail, Mohammed Hassan AlShehri, Ibrahim Alfaris, Suliman Abdulah Alghnam

“…Neurological disability occurred in 74 (6.7%) patients, and 41 (8.7%) of those with cervical fractures died in the hospital. The Injury Severity Score was a significant predictor of neurological disability following TSF. …”
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Epidemiology of atlas fractures in the United States: A 20-year analysis by Joseph Gabriel Lyons, Humza Moghis Mian

“…Results: An estimated 38,092 cases of acute atlas fractures were identified, representing 11.1% of all cervical fractures and corresponding to an overall incidence rate of 6.2. …”
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Femoral neck cortical bone in female and male hip fracture cases: differential contrasts in cortical width and sub-periosteal porosity in 112 cases and controls by Power, J, Loveridge, N, Kröger, H, Parker, M, Reeve, J

“…</p><p> Results: Because sections were required to have a complete cortex, sampling was biased towards cases with sub-capital versus trans-cervical fractures. Compared to sex- and age matched controls, male cases showed larger relative differences in cortical widths than female cases. …”

Gastos do Sistema Único de Saúde com internações por causas externas em São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brasil Unified National Health System costs in São José dos Campos, São Paul... by Luís Paulo Rodrigues Melione, Maria Helena Prado de Mello-Jorge

“…The highest mean cost for hospitalization due to injury was for cervical fractures (BRL 1,191.42) and head injuries (BRL 1,000.44). …”
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Regional variations in C1–C2 bone density on quantitated computed tomography and clinical implications by Jamie L Baisden, MD, Vicky Varghese, PhD, Anjishnu Banerjee, PhD, Narayan Yoganandan, PhD

“…Nonoperative management of upper cervical fractures is not benign as there is a high nonunion rate for both C1 and C2 fractures in the elderly, and orthosis compliance is often suboptimal, or complicated by skin breakdown. …”
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