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Pediatric Cervical Injuries

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Pediatric cervical spine injury is an uncommon but significant condition, present in 1% of the very young and 3% of the adolescent trauma patient admissions. The cause of these injuries is predominantly due to transportation accidents and sports [1]. However child abuse should be considered especially in the presence of other skeletal injuries.

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  1. Department of Orthopaedics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands

    Moyo C. Kruyt & F. Cumhur Öner

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  1. Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey

    Alpaslan Şenköylü

  2. Department of Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery, Lille University Center and Faculty of Medicine, Jeanne de Flandre Hospital, Lille, France

    Federico Canavese

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Kruyt, M.C., Öner, F.C. (2022). Pediatric Cervical Injuries. In: Şenköylü, A., Canavese, F. (eds) Essentials of Spine Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80356-8_1

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