The frequency of cervical spine trauma in elderly patients is increasing with most injuries
occurring in the upper cervical spine. These fractures are associated with a risk of …

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND CONTEXT Traumatic spinal injuries often require surgical
fixation. Specific three-dimensional degrees of instability after spinal injury, which represent …

Study Design. Retrospective epidemiological study. Objective. To describe the epidemiology
of spinal fractures over a 10 years period in a level one trauma center in the Netherlands …

To study the cost of osteoporotic fracture in China, we performed a prospective study and
compared the costs of the disease in referral patients with fractures in three of the most …

BACKGROUND CONTEXT Vertebral fracture is related to an increased risk for subsequent
and recurrent osteoporotic fracture as well as increased mortality. However, no study has …

Spinal fractures have been recognized as a major health concern. Our purposes were to
evaluate the trends in the incidence and mortality of spinal fractures between 2008 and …

BACKGROUND: Management of axis fractures in the elderly remains controversial. As the
US population increasingly lives past 80 years, published C2 fracture morbidity/mortality …

Purpose This investigation aimed to understand the epidemiological characteristics and
hospitalization burden and its possible influencing factors of patients with different injury …

Vertebral fractures (VFx) are common among older adults. Epidemiological studies report
high occurrence of VFx at mid‐thoracic and thoracolumbar regions of the spine; however …

OBJECT Traumatic fractures of the thoracolumbar spine are common injuries, accounting for
approximately 90% of all spinal trauma. Lumbar spine trauma in the elderly is a growing …