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Operative Treatment of Severe Cervical Spine Injuries Sustained During Youth Sports: Experience from a Pediatric Level 1 Trauma Center over a 15 Year Period
- Source :
- Pediatrics. 147:795-797
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), 2021.
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Abstract
- Background: Sports-related cervical spine injuries (CSI) are devastating traumas that can result in permanent disability and death. However, there is a paucity of literature on catastrophic CSI sustained in young athletes who require surgical intervention. The objectives of this study were to review injury characteristics, management, and outcomes in pediatric patients who sustained an operative CSI during youth sports. Methods: This was a retrospective review of patients treated at a Level 1 pediatric trauma center for CSI (2004-2019). Children
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Retrospective review
biology
Athletes
business.industry
Trauma center
Permanent disability
biology.organism_classification
medicine.disease
Cervical spine
Intervention (counseling)
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
medicine
Physical therapy
business
Youth sports
Pediatric trauma
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 10984275, 00314005, and 20042019
- Volume :
- 147
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Pediatrics
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....9e2cd28e72c9b8b6a29ce564019a2426
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.147.3ma8.795b