Open AccessCervical fractures with associated spinal cord injury in children and adolescents: Epidemiology, costs, and in-hospital mortality rates in 4418 patients
Author(s) -
Amit Jain,
Jaysson T. Brooks,
Sandesh S. Rao,
Michael C. Ain,
Paul D. Sponseller
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of children's orthopaedics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.638
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1863-2548
pISSN - 1863-2521
DOI - 10.1007/s11832-015-0657-9
Subject(s) - medicine , epidemiology , spinal cord injury , pediatrics , mortality rate , cord , spinal cord , surgery , psychiatry
Cervical spine fractures with spinal cord injury (CFSCI) can be devastating. We describe the epidemiology of children and adolescents with CFSCI.