2016
Incidence and Demographics of Cervical Spine Fractures over a 10 Year Period at a Level I Trauma Center
Blizzard D, Miller C, Blizzard S, Grauer J. Incidence and Demographics of Cervical Spine Fractures over a 10 Year Period at a Level I Trauma Center. The Duke Orthopaedic Journal 2016, 6: 21-25. DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10017-1065.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCervical spine fracturesLevel I trauma centerCervical CT scanI trauma centerCervical fracturesSpine fracturesTrauma centerEmergency departmentCT scanNegative imaging studiesSingle Level ITraumatic neck painCervical spine traumaManagement of patientsMechanism of injuryHigh-energy traumaYears of ageRapidity of diagnosisRelevant demographic dataNeck painED visitsOlder patientsYounger patientsSpine traumaBlunt trauma
2011
The Incidence of Noncontiguous Spinal Fractures and Other Traumatic Injuries Associated With Cervical Spine Fractures
Miller CP, Brubacher JW, Biswas D, Lawrence BD, Whang PG, Grauer JN. The Incidence of Noncontiguous Spinal Fractures and Other Traumatic Injuries Associated With Cervical Spine Fractures. Spine 2011, 36: 1532-1540. PMID: 21242872, DOI: 10.1097/brs.0b013e3181f550a6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCervical spine fracturesSpine fracturesCervical spineCT scanSingle level 1 trauma centerRetrospective medical record reviewLevel 1 trauma centerNoncontiguous spinal fracturesCervical spine traumaMedical record reviewC7 fractureExtraspinal injuriesAcute fracturesPrompt diagnosisSpine traumaRecord reviewTrauma centerSpinal fracturesSpine injuriesInjury patternsAdditional injuriesCervical segmentsSpinal traumaMedical recordsTraumatic injuryReproducibility of Radiographic Measurements for Subaxial Cervical Spine Trauma
Bono CM, Schoenfeld A, Rampersaud R, Levi A, Grauer J, Arnold P, Fehlings M, Dvorak M, Vaccaro AR. Reproducibility of Radiographic Measurements for Subaxial Cervical Spine Trauma. Spine 2011, 36: 1374-1379. PMID: 21587104, DOI: 10.1097/brs.0b013e318221e169.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSubaxial cervical spine traumaVertebral body height lossCervical spine traumaSpine traumaPlain radiographsComputed tomographyHeight lossRadiographic measurementsAnterior vertebral body height lossSubaxial cervical spine injuriesSpine Trauma Study GroupCervical plain radiographsCervical spine injurySubaxial cervical injuriesImportance of imagingVertebral body translationPlain radiographic measurementsCT imagesCervical injuryPosterior tangent methodSpine injuriesRadiographic evaluationBACKGROUND DATAStudy groupKyphosis measurement
2007
A Quantitative and Reproducible Method to Assess Cord Compression and Canal Stenosis After Cervical Spine Trauma
Furlan JC, Fehlings MG, Massicotte EM, Aarabi B, Vaccaro AR, Bono CM, Madrazo I, Villanueva C, Grauer JN, Mikulis D. A Quantitative and Reproducible Method to Assess Cord Compression and Canal Stenosis After Cervical Spine Trauma. Spine 2007, 32: 2083-2091. PMID: 17762809, DOI: 10.1097/brs.0b013e318145a91c.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcute DiseaseAdultAgedCervical VertebraeFemaleHumansImage Interpretation, Computer-AssistedMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMiddle AgedNorth AmericaObserver VariationPrognosisReproducibility of ResultsSeverity of Illness IndexSignal Processing, Computer-AssistedSpinal Cord CompressionSpinal Cord InjuriesSpinal StenosisTomography, X-Ray ComputedConceptsMaximum spinal cord compressionTraumatic cervical spinal cord injuryCervical spinal cord injuryMaximum canal compromiseSpinal cord injuryInterclass correlation coefficientCord compressionIntrarater reliabilityAcute traumatic cervical spinal cord injuryTraumatic spinal cord injuryCervical spine traumaSpinal cord compressionT1-weighted MRIT2-weighted MR imagesCanal stenosisCanal compromiseSpine traumaPrognostic valueCord injuryRadiologic parametersCervical spineBACKGROUND DATACT scanMidsagittal MRIInterrater ICCUtility of Flexion-Extension Radiographs in Evaluating the Degenerative Cervical Spine
White AP, Biswas D, Smart LR, Haims A, Grauer JN. Utility of Flexion-Extension Radiographs in Evaluating the Degenerative Cervical Spine. Spine 2007, 32: 975-979. PMID: 17450072, DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000261409.45251.a2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFlexion-extension radiographsConsecutive patientsDynamic radiographsLateral radiographsDegenerative cervical conditionsDegenerative cervical spineFlexion-extension lateral radiographsNeutral lateral radiographsPrior cervical surgeryNontrauma populationCervical surgeryMyelopathic symptomsRetrospective cohortCervical fracturesSpine traumaInadequate radiographsInitial imagingPatient chartsPreoperative patientsRheumatoid arthritisCervical conditionsClinical managementCervical spineRecent traumaCongenital anomalies
2004
Similarities and Differences in the Treatment of Spine Trauma Between Surgical Specialties and Location of Practice
Grauer JN, Vaccaro AR, Beiner JM, Kwon BK, Hilibrand AS, Harrop JS, Anderson G, Hurlbert J, Fehlings MG, Ludwig SC, Hedlund R, Arnold PM, Bono CM, Brodke DS, Dvorak MF, Fischer CG, Sledge JB, Shaffrey CI, Schwartz DG, Sears WR, Dickman C, Sharan A, Albert TJ, Rechtine GR. Similarities and Differences in the Treatment of Spine Trauma Between Surgical Specialties and Location of Practice. Spine 2004, 29: 685-696. PMID: 15014280, DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000115137.11276.0e.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSpinal traumaNeurosurgical spine surgeonsTiming of surgerySole graft materialExperienced spinal surgeonsLocation of practiceSpine traumaAnterior approachLumbar injuriesSuch injuriesBACKGROUND DATASpinal surgeonsSpine surgeonsClinical scenariosClinical decisionLevel of agreementGraft materialSurgeonsSurgical specialtiesTraumaCharacteristics of respondentsSurgeryInjurySPSS softwareOrthopedists