Akira Honda, Yoichi Iizuka, Nobuaki Michihata, Kojiro Morita, Tokue Mieda, Eiji Takasawa, Sho Ishiwata, Yohei Kakuta, Yusuke Tomomatsu, Shunsuke Ito, Kazuhiro Inomata, Hiroki Matsui, Kiyohide Fushimi, Hideo Yasunaga, Hirotaka Chikuda
The aim of this study was to compare in-hospital mortality of three procedures -halo-vest immobilization, anterior spinal fixation (ASF), and posterior spinal fixation (PSF)- in the treatment of elderly patients with isolated C2 odontoid fracture. We extracted data for elderly patients who were admitted with C2 odontoid fracture and treated with at least one of the three procedures (halo-vest immobilization, ASF, or PSF) during hospitalization. We conducted a generalized propensity score-based matching weight analysis to compare in-hospital mortality among the three procedures...
October 20, 2023: Scientific Reports