… Half of their patients were braced using a cervical collar (Schanz) postoperatively, and the
other half of patients were not braced postoperatively. Notably, this was not a prospective …

… 22 or using a cervical collar after cervical disk surgery. Application of … cervical collar after
anterior cervical diskectomy and fusion without plating. In patients with plated anterior cervical …

… [24] conducted a biomechanical analysis of immobilization … The authors’ primary analysis
endpoint was the cervical range … a cervical collar, a vacuum mattress with or without a cervical …

… present their meta-analysis of the literature comparing CT technology with plain … a cervical
CT scan alone is sufficient to detect unstable cervical spine injuries and that a cervical collar …

… The rates of missed cervical injuries in patients who had their cervical collars removed by …
scan of the cervical spine, were reviewed. Secondary outcomes included rates of collar-related …

… pain relief faster than physical therapy or hard-collar immobilization in CR, but there is little
… as cervical traction, postural education, exercise, and manual therapy applied to the cervical …

… in children requiring immobilization for cervical injuries, with only four children developing
HAPI after wearing a prophylactic cervical collar in the absence of a cervical spine injury. …

… When comparing halothoracic brace to cervical collar, we did demonstrate the halothoracic
brace to have a statistically significant increase in the rate of stable union among patients of …

… were managed in a rigid collar for 6 weeks [1, 46] or 8 weeks [7], or a soft collar for 6
weeks [9]. … of union (Table 3) were sufficient to exclude any of these studies from the metaanalysis. …

… The two main methods are manual stabilisation and the use of orthotic devices such as
backboards and splints, with a combination of adjuncts including cervical collars, sandbags and …