Civilian Ballistic Injuries to the Atlantoaxial Spine: A Single Institution Case Series.

Study Design: Retrospective case series.

Objective: Describe the injury characteristics of ballistic fractures involving the atlantoaxial spine.

Summary Of Background Data: Civilian gunshot wounds to the spine are an increasingly common injury in the United States.

A predictive model of motor deficit in civilian ballistic lumbosacral spine injuries.

Background Context: Civilian gunshot wounds to the spine are an increasingly common injury in the USA. A majority of the available research is focused on a military population suffering high energy missile injury. Minimal research has focused on civilian ballistic injuries to the lumbosacral spine as the available studies focus on the entire spine due to limited numbers.