Clinical features and early post-operative complications of isolated C2 odontoid fractures: a retrospective analysis using a national inpatient database in Japan.
Akira HondaNobuaki MichihataYoichi IizukaTokue MiedaEiji TakasawaSho IshiwataHiroki MatsuiKiyohide FushimiHideo YasunagaHirotaka ChikudaPublished in: European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society (2021)
The great majority of isolated odontoid fractures occurred in elderly patients. Conservative treatment and surgery had similarly low in-hospital mortality. Use of halo-vest was not associated with an increase in mortality.