A novel approach to patients with acute odontoid fractures: atlantoaxial instability as a prognostic variable

Nathan Evaniew; Blake Yarascavitch; Kim Madden; Michelle Ghert; Brian Drew; Mohit Bhandari; Desmond Kwok

doi:10.1016/j.spinee.2014.11.013

A novel approach to patients with acute odontoid fractures: atlantoaxial instability as a prognostic variable

Spine J. 2015 May 1;15(5):1161-3. doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2014.11.013.

Authors

Nathan Evaniew¹, Blake Yarascavitch², Kim Madden³, Michelle Ghert⁴, Brian Drew⁴, Mohit Bhandari⁵, Desmond Kwok⁴

Affiliations

¹ Division of Orthopaedics, Department of Surgery, McMaster University, 293 Wellington St N, Suite 110, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8L 8E7. Electronic address: nathan.evaniew@medportal.ca.
² Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton General Hospital 8N-01, 237 Barton St E, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8L 2X2.
³ Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, 293 Wellington St N, Suite 110, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8L 8E7.
⁴ Division of Orthopaedics, Department of Surgery, McMaster University, 293 Wellington St N, Suite 110, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8L 8E7.
⁵ Division of Orthopaedics, Department of Surgery, McMaster University, 293 Wellington St N, Suite 110, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8L 8E7; Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, 293 Wellington St N, Suite 110, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8L 8E7.

PMID: 25925623
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2014.11.013

Abstract

Liu S, Liu L. Re: Evaniew N, Yarascavitch B, Madden K, Ghert M, Drew B, Bhandari M, et al. Atlantoaxial instability in acute odontoid fractures is associated with nonunion and mortality. Spine J 2015;15:1160 (in this issue).

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MeSH terms

Atlanto-Axial Joint / diagnostic imaging*
Female
Humans
Joint Instability / diagnostic imaging*
Male
Odontoid Process / diagnostic imaging*
Radiography
Spinal Fractures / mortality*
Zygapophyseal Joint / diagnostic imaging*