Tóm tắt Alexander R. Vaccaro, MD Subaxial chấn thương cột sống cổ tử cung là phổ biến, khác nhau ở mức độ nghiêm trọng N. Jonathan Grauer, MD từ căng thẳng ligamentous nhỏ hoặc gãy xương quá trình spinous Charles G. Fisher, MD, MPH, FRCSC gãy xương, trật khớp toàn với xương và dây chằng thất bại, | Subaxial Cervical Spine Trauma Brian K. Kwon MD PhD FRCSC Alexander R. Vaccaro MD Jonathan N. Grauer MD Charles G. Fisher MD MPH FRCSC Marcel F. Dvorak MD FRCSC Dr. Kwon is Assistant Professor Combined Neurosurgical and Orthopaedic Spine Program Department of Orthopaedics University of British Columbia Vancouver BC Canada. Dr. Vaccaro is Professor Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Thomas Jefferson University and The Rothman Institute and Codirector The Delaware Valley Regional Spinal Cord Injury Center Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia PA. Dr. Grauer is Assistant Professor Department of Orthopaedics Yale University New Haven CT. Dr. Fisher is Assistant Professor Combined Neurosurgical and Orthopaedic Spine Program Department of Orthopaedics University of British Columbia. Dr. Dvorak is Associate Professor Combined Neurosurgical and Orthopaedic Spine Program Department of Orthopaedics University of British Columbia. None of the following authors or the departments with which they are affiliated has received anything of value from or owns stock in a commercial company or institution related directly or indirectly to the subject of this article Dr. Kwon Dr. Vaccaro Dr. Grauer Dr. Fisher and Dr. Dvorak. Reprint requests Dr. Kwon Vancouver General Hospital D-6 Heather Pavilion 2733 Heather Street Vancouver BC V5Z 3J5 Canada. J Am Acad Orthop Surg 2006 14 78-89 Copyright 2006 by the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Abstract Subaxial cervical spine injuries are common ranging in severity from minor ligamentous strain or spinous process fracture to complete fracture-dislocation with bone and ligament failure resulting in severe spinal cord injury. Understanding the epidemiology anatomy biomechanics and classification of subaxial cervical spine injuries is important. Emergent management of such injuries is based on obtaining an accurate clinical history careful physical examination and organized radiographic evaluation. Attaining a unified approach to the .
