Traumatic injuries of the spine requiring surgery are rare in infancy. Fusion procedures in the very young are not well-described at the atlanto-occipital junction or subaxial spine. Here we describe ...
Surgical fixation of the pediatric subaxial cervical spine poses significant challenges due to a mismatch between rigid adult cervical spine hardware and the size and shape of bone in a young (below 8 ...
The following text summarizes information provided in the video. Health care visits related to symptoms or concerns regarding the neck are common. Although musculoskeletal neck pain is usually ...
What Is the Cervical Spine? Where Is the Cervical Spine Located? A long, flexible column extending through most of your upper body, the spinal column consists of seven bones called vertebrae. The ...