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Unfallchirurgie (Heidelb)
January 2025
Klinik für Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie, Universitätsklinikum Freiburg, Hugstetter Straße 55, 79106, Freiburg, Deutschland.
The treatment of odontoid fractures in geriatric patients, particularly type II fractures, remains controversial. In biologically young patients, studies suggest advantages of surgical treatment in terms of mortality; however, this advantage is not observed in geriatric patients. While the mortality appears to be higher after conservative treatment in patients aged 65-80 years, there are studies that have shown no differences in mortality for patients aged 80 years or older and even showed advantages of conservative treatment in this age group.
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January 2025
, Bendorf, Deutschland.
Gesundheitswesen
January 2025
Department für Humanmedizin, Universität Witten/Herdecke, Witten, Germany.
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