Epidemiology of cervical fracture/cervical spinal cord injury and changes in surgical treatment modalities in elderly individuals during a 10-year period: a nationwide multicenter study in Japan - Segi N, Nakashima H, Machino M, Ito S, Yokogawa N, Sasagawa T, Funayama T, Eto F, Watanabe K, Nori S, Furuya T, Yunde A, Nakajima H, Hasegawa T, Yamada T, Terashima Y, Hirota R, Suzuki H, Imajo Y, Ikegami S, Uehara M, Tonomura H, Sakata M, Hashimoto K, Onoda Y, Kawaguchi K, Haruta Y, Suzuki N, Kato K, Uei H, Sawada H, Nakanishi K, Misaki K, Terai H, Tamai K, Inoue G, Shirasawa E, Kakutani K, Iizuka Y, Takasawa E, Akeda K, Kiyasu K, Tominaga H, Tokumoto H, Funao H, Oshima Y, Yoshii T, Kaito T, Sakai D, Ohba T, Seki S, Otsuki B, Ishihara M, Miyazaki M, Okada S, Imagama S, Kato S.

STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective multicenter study. OBJECTIVES: To investigate changes over a 10-years period in the profile of cervical spine and spinal cord injuries among the elderly in Japan. METHODS: The current multicenter study was a retr...
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