Subaxial cervical spine injury epidemiology

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The subaxial cervical spine accounts the vast majority of cervical spine injury, making up two thirds of all cervical spine fractures.

The subaxial cervical spine is a common site of cervical spine injury with more than 50 % of injuries being located between C5 and C7 ¹⁾.

The upper cervical spine was more frequently affected in young children. Older children more often suffered from subaxial pathologies. The majority of cervical spinal column injuries were treated conservatively. Nevertheless, 15% of the hospitalized children had to be treated surgically ²⁾.

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Aebi M. Surgical treatment of upper, middle and lower cervical injuries and non-unions by anterior procedures. Eur Spine J. 2010;19(1, suppl1):S33–9. doi: 10.1007/s00586-009-1120-8.

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Jarvers JS, Herren C, Jung MK, Blume C, Meinig H, Ruf M, Weiß T, Rüther H, Welk T, Badke A, Gonschorek O, Heyde CE, Kandziora F, Knop C, Kobbe P, Scholz M, Siekmann H, Spiegl U, Strohm P, Strüwind C, Matschke S, Disch AC, Kreinest M; Spine Section of the German Society for Orthopaedics and Trauma. Pediatric cervical spine injuries-results of the German multicenter CHILDSPINE study. Eur Spine J. 2023 Apr;32(4):1291-1299. doi: 10.1007/s00586-023-07532-8. Epub 2023 Feb 9. PMID: 36757616.