Surgical vs. non-surgical management of displaced type-2 odontoid fractures in patients aged 75 years and older: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

[1] Mekata K(2016)The effect of the cervical orthosis on swallowing physiology and cervical spine motion during swallowing Dysphagia 31 74-83

[2] Takigawa T(2017)C2 fracture subtypes, incidence, and treatment allocation change with age: a retrospective cohort study of 233 consecutive cases Biomed Res Int 2017 7-9

[3] Matsubayashi J(2017)Deadly falls: operative versus nonoperative management of Type II odontoid process fracture in octogenarians J Neurosurg Spine 26 4-126

[4] Toda K(2014)Systematic review on surgical and nonsurgical treatment of type II odontoid fractures in the elderly Biomed Res Int 2014 231948-1845

[5] Hasegawa Y(2013)Functional outcomes, morbidity, mortality, and fracture healing in 26 consecutive geriatric odontoid fracture patients treated with posterior fusion J Spinal Disord Tech 26 119-735

[6] Ito Y(1998)Functional outcome of surgically and conservatively managed dens fractures Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 23 1837-2037

[7] Robinson A-L(2013)Functional and quality-of-life outcomes in geriatric patients with type-II dens fracture J Bone Joint Surg Am 95 729-1674

[8] Möller A(2017)Epidemiology of C2 fractures in the 21st century: a National Registry cohort study of 6,370 patients from 1997 to 2014 Adv Orthop 2017 8-1852

[9] Robinson Y(2013)AOSpine thoracolumbar spine injury classification system: fracture description, neurological status, and key modifiers Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 38 2028-129

[10] Olerud C(1974)Fractures of the odontoid process of the axis J Bone Joint Surg Am 56 1663-106

[1] Mekata K(2016)The effect of the cervical orthosis on swallowing physiology and cervical spine motion during swallowing Dysphagia 31 74-83

[2] Takigawa T(2017)C2 fracture subtypes, incidence, and treatment allocation change with age: a retrospective cohort study of 233 consecutive cases Biomed Res Int 2017 7-9

[3] Matsubayashi J(2017)Deadly falls: operative versus nonoperative management of Type II odontoid process fracture in octogenarians J Neurosurg Spine 26 4-126

[4] Toda K(2014)Systematic review on surgical and nonsurgical treatment of type II odontoid fractures in the elderly Biomed Res Int 2014 231948-1845

[5] Hasegawa Y(2013)Functional outcomes, morbidity, mortality, and fracture healing in 26 consecutive geriatric odontoid fracture patients treated with posterior fusion J Spinal Disord Tech 26 119-735

[6] Ito Y(1998)Functional outcome of surgically and conservatively managed dens fractures Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 23 1837-2037

[7] Robinson A-L(2013)Functional and quality-of-life outcomes in geriatric patients with type-II dens fracture J Bone Joint Surg Am 95 729-1674

[8] Möller A(2017)Epidemiology of C2 fractures in the 21st century: a National Registry cohort study of 6,370 patients from 1997 to 2014 Adv Orthop 2017 8-1852

[9] Robinson Y(2013)AOSpine thoracolumbar spine injury classification system: fracture description, neurological status, and key modifiers Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 38 2028-129

[10] Olerud C(1974)Fractures of the odontoid process of the axis J Bone Joint Surg Am 56 1663-106