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8274807

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-2-7
pubmed:abstractText
A review of 35 patients > 60 years of age with odontoid fractures showed that a type II injury (Anderson and D'Alonso) was the most common fracture pattern (82% of cases). On the basis of mechanism of injury and sex incidence, we deduced that osteopenia is a contributory factor in the occurrence of odontoid fractures. A fall in a domestic setting was the cause in 53%. The peg was posteriorly displaced in 88% of type II fractures, and primary union occurred in 23%. The incidence of concomitant spinal cord injury with type II fractures was higher in older patients than it was in those < 60 years of age. The outcome for these patients was largely determined by their neurological status at presentation. Myelopathy as a late complication of nonunion was not observed in nine patients with an average follow-up of 21 months. The data suggest that vigorous attempts to secure both primary union and a sound arthrodesis for non-union are questionable in the elderly except in unusual circumstances.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0895-0385
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
6
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
397-401
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Odontoid fractures in the elderly.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatic Surgery, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review