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Cervical spine injuries

https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.86.1.14

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    Only 1% or 2% of children admitted to hospital after trauma have cervical spine injuries but the consequences can be enormous. Records from the Children's Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio have been analysed (

    Rebeccah L Brown and colleagues. Journal of Pediatric Surgery2001;36:1107–14

    ).

    Over a period of 9½12 years (1991–2000) 103 children were admitted with cervical spine injuries. The peak age of injury was 14 years. …

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