UPPER CERVICAL SPINE INJURIES: DIAGNOSTICS, CLASSIFICATIONS AND TREATMENT PECULIARITIES
https://doi.org/10.14531/ss2005.1.25-44
Abstract
Comprehensive diagnostics, accepted classifications, and selection of pathogenetic methods of treatment (including surgery) for axis injuries, odontoid process fractures, axis traumatic spondylolisthesis and hangman’s fractures are discussed in the paper. The presented data prove the necessity and possibility of early exhaustive diagnosing to differentiate the type of a craniocervical disorder and to provide a timely choice of pathogenetic treatment technique, especially of a surgical one.
About the Author
Edvard Aleksandrovich Ramikh
Novosibirsk Research Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedics
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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Ramikh E.A. UPPER CERVICAL SPINE INJURIES: DIAGNOSTICS, CLASSIFICATIONS AND TREATMENT PECULIARITIES. Russian Journal of Spine Surgery (Khirurgiya Pozvonochnika). 2005;(1):025-044. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.14531/ss2005.1.25-44
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