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The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (American) 86:2081 (2004)
© 2004 The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

JBJS Classic

Fractures of the Odontoid Process of the Axis

Lewis D. Anderson, MD and Richard T. D'Alonzo, MD1

1 Memphis, Tennessee

Appeared in JBJS, Vol. 56-A, pp. 1663-1674, December 1974

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"Odontoid fractures were classified into three types, and, in a series of forty-nine fractures, two avulsion, thirty-two body, and fifteen basilar fractures were treated and followed for an average of twenty-two months (range, six months to nineteen years). Body fractures are most prone to non-union and surgery (spine fusion) is commonly required in this group."


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