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.
Naoki SegiHiroaki NakashimaMasaaki MachinoSadayuki ItoNoriaki YokogawaTakeshi SasagawaToru FunayamaFumihiko EtoKota WatanabeSatoshi NoriTakeo FuruyaAtsushi YundeHideaki NakajimaTomohiko HasegawaTomohiro YamadaYoshinori TerashimaRyosuke HirotaHidenori SuzukiYasuaki ImajoShota IkegamiMasashi UeharaHitoshi TonomuraMunehiro SakataKo HashimotoYoshito OnodaKenichi KawaguchiYohei HarutaNobuyuki SuzukiKenji KatoHiroshi UeiHirokatsu SawadaKazuo NakanishiKosuke MisakiHidetomi TeraiKoji TamaiGen InoueEiki ShirasawaKenichiro KakutaniYoichi IizukaEiji TakasawaKoji AkedaKatsuhito KiyasuHiroyuki TominagaHiroto TokumotoHaruki FunaoYasushi OshimaToshitaka YoshiiTakashi KaitoDaisuke SakaiTetsuro OhbaShoji SekiBungo OtsukiMasayuki IshiharaMasashi MiyazakiSeiji OkadaShiro ImagamaSatoshi KatoPublished in: Global spine journal (2023)
Both the number of elderly CF and/or CSCI patients and number of patients undergoing surgery increased dramatically over the decade without any change in profile. Instrumentation surgeries with screws increased, without an increase in systemic complications.