Investigators found a 3-month mortality risk of 19% and a 1-year mortality risk of 28% among 640 patients aged 65 years or older with a cervical spine fracture who underwent treatment at one of two ...

A male in his 30s who reports a 20-foot fall which occurred three months ago, presents for the first time for evaluation of neck pain. The patient was trimming a tree when he lost his balance, fell ...

Your spine is made up of bones called vertebrae. The vertebrae in your neck are called cervical vertebrae, and there are 7 of them. They protect your spinal cord. A hangman's fracture is a break in ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with cervical myelopathy have a significantly higher risk of sustaining falls, lower extremity ...

Inflammation that doesn’t go away can change the structure of your spine. And if you have ankylosing spondylitis (AS), there’s about a 5% to 15% chance you may have a spinal fracture at some point in ...

Sporting-related cervical fractures increased by 35 percent from 2000 to 2015, mainly due to an increase in cycling-related injuries, according to new research. Men experienced the most fractures due ...