Hangman's Fracture in Geriatric Population: A Nationwide Multicenter Study in Japan.

Atsushi YundeTakeo FuruyaSumihisa OritaSeiji OhtoriNoriaki YokogawaHiroaki Nakashima Naoki SegiToru FunayamaShota IkegamiHideaki NakajimaKota WatanabeTomohiko HasegawaHitoshi TonomuraYoshinori TerashimaKo HashimotoNobuyuki SuzukiHiroshi UeiKatsuhito KiyasuHiroyuki TominagaDaisuke SakaiTakashi Kaito Gen InoueSeiji OkadaShiro ImagamaSatoshi Kato

Published in: Global spine journal (2023)

This is the largest study to date on hangman's fractures in geriatric population ≥65 years. Type I and Type II fractures, according to the Levine and Edwards classification, had a bony fusion rate of up to 90%. In patients with Type II fractures, surgical treatment led to a shorter initial hospital stay. Geriatric patients are at risk of spinal cord injury due to hangman's fractures.

Keyphrases

spinal cord injury
hip fracture
end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
ejection fraction
healthcare
machine learning
spinal cord
prognostic factors
emergency department