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Cervical Spine Trauma

	The human cervical spine is a complex and relatively fragile structure, particularly exposed to trauma due to its location and relatively poor ligamentous support mechanisms. Understanding the potential for occult injuries and looking for such injuries enhances chances for early diagnosis and better treatment outcomes. Learn about patients who have survived an “internal decapitation” (atlanto-occipital dissociation) injury and their outcomes. The current use of Halo-vest –immobilization, which remains the most powerful nonsurgical form of cervical spinal column immobilization, is reviewed based upon the largest to date clinical study on these devices. Also, explore early data from an ongoing North American multi-center study that offers insight into the difficult diagnosis of elderly patients with upper cervical spine fractures.



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Series Title:	Seventh Annual Harborview Spine Symposium: Improving Outcomes of Spinal Injury
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Subject(s):	Health and Medicine
Speaker(s):	Carlo Bellabarba, M.D., associate professor, University of Washington Department of Orthopaedic Surgery; chief, Orthopaedic Spine Service, Harborview Medical Center Randall Chesnut, M.D., F.A.C.S., professor, Neurological Surgery and Orthopaedic Surgery, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle Rick Bransford, M.D., assistant professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine. Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, Washington Jeff A. Rihn, M.D., assistant professor, Orthopaedic Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, The Rothman Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Production Date:	10/04/2008
Runtime:	00:27:59
Rating:	TV-PG