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Abstract
A series of 42 patients with fractures of the dens is reported. All patients were initially treated on traction and then immobilized in a SOMI brace or a cervical collar with a chin piece. Union was obtained in 37 patients. There has been no case of delayed myelopathy in the severely malunited fractures.Entities:
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Year: 1988 PMID： 3248892 DOI： 10.1016/0020-1383(88)90007-1
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Injury ISSN： 0020-1383 Impact factor: 2.586