Type II odontoid fracture in elderly patients treated conservatively: is fracture healing the goal?
Giorgio LofreseAntonio MusioFederico De IureFrancesco CultreraAntonio MartucciCorrado IaccarinoWalid Ibn EssayedReza GhadirpourFranco ServadeiMichele Alessandro CavalloPasquale De BonisPublished 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 (2019)
In geriatric type II odontoid fractures, pre-injury clinical status and comorbidities overcome imaging in determining post-treatment level of function. Hard collar immobilization led to a favourable functional outcome with mRS-post, NDI and SWPS values diffusely encouraging whatever a bony union or a fibrous non-union was obtained. These slides can be retrieved under Electronic Supplementary Material.