Conservative Management for Odontoid Cervical Fractures: Halo or Rigid Cervical Collar?

World Neurosurg. 2017 Jan:97:723-724. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2016.10.106. Epub 2016 Oct 27.

Authors

Fabio Torregrossa¹, Giovanni Grasso²

Affiliations

¹ Section of Neurosurgery, Department of Experimental Biomedicine and Clinical Neurosciences, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
² Section of Neurosurgery, Department of Experimental Biomedicine and Clinical Neurosciences, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy. Electronic address: giovanni.grasso@unipa.it.

PMID: 27989979
DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2016.10.106

No abstract available

Keywords: Cervical spine; Collar; Halo; Odontoid fractures.

Publication types

Comparative Study

MeSH terms

External Fixators*
Humans
Odontoid Process / injuries*
Spinal Fractures / therapy*