[Pediatric orthopedic cervical spine problems].

[Pediatric orthopedic cervical spine problems].

Duodecim. 2016;132(11):1025-32

Authors: Helenius I

Abstract
Treatment-requiring diseases of the cervical spine in children are rare. The most common cases requiring medical assessment and treatment are acute torticollis and various accidents. A torticollis having lasted for more than a week should be recognized, because it can be treated by skull traction. Cervical spine fractures in children under school age are very rare, the most common being a fracture of the base of the dens of the second cervical vertebra. Cervical spine instability is almost always associated with an underlying disease.

PMID: 27400588 [PubMed - in process]

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