Author/Authors :
Atesok, Kivanc Harvard University - Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center - Department of Neurosurgery - Boston - MA, USA , Tanaka, Nobuhiro Hiroshima General Hospital - Department of Orthopaedic Surgery - Hiroshima, Japan , Robinson, Yohan Armed Forces Centre for Defense Medicine - Department of Research and Development - Gothenburg, Sweden , Pittman, Jason University of Alabama at Birmingham - Department of Orthopaedic Surgery - Birmingham - AL, USA , Theiss, Steven University of Alabama at Birmingham - Department of Orthopaedic Surgery - Birmingham - AL, USA
Abstract :
The past few decades have seen tremendous developments insurgeons’approachestopatientswithacutetraumaticinjuriesinvolving the spinal column and the spinal cord. As a resultof advances in the scientific knowledge of the biomechanicaland neurological bases of spinal trauma, along with ever-improved imaging modalities and operating techniques,nonsurgical and surgical management approaches to spinetrauma patients have evolved. Due to its unique, diverse, andalso challenging aspects, spinal trauma must be handled byorthopaedic surgeons and neurosurgeons with subspecialtytraining or particular expertise in spine surgery.
