Dislocations at the cervicothoracic junction
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Dislocations at the cervicothoracic junction.
Dislocations of the cervicothoracic junction are frequently missed. Experience of this rare injury over 27 years at the Spinal Injuries Unit in Sheffield confirms that nearly two-thirds were not properly diagnosed on admission. Only two of the 14 dislocations studied were reduced by conservative methods and these were both associated with fractures of the posterior bony elements. Open reduction...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. British volume
سال: 1983
ISSN: 0301-620X,2044-5377
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620x.65b2.6826614