Preface; Contents; Contributors; Spinal Injury: Etiology, Demographics, and Outcomes; Anatomy and Pathophysiology of Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury; Biomechanics of the Injured Cervical Spine; Emergency Management of Spine Trauma; Timing of Surgery Following Spinal Cord Injury; Physical Examination: ASIA Motor/Sensory Examination and Spinal Cord Injury Syndromes; Imaging in Spinal Trauma; Classifcation of Cervical Spine Trauma; Traumatic Injuries of the Occipito-Cervical Junction; Atlantoaxial Rotatory Instability; Atlas Fractures; Odontoid Fractures; Axis Fractures
Summary
This text emphasizes the pathomechanics of spinal cord injuries, contemporary management practices, potential complications associated with the treatment, and individual fracture subtype principles to improve neurological function in spinal cord injury patients
