Cervical Spine Tumors and Infections in Children Alexandre Arkader John P. Dormans Cervical spine tumors and infections, including diskitis, vertebral osteomyelitis, and disk calcification are very rare conditions in children….
Cervical Spine Injuries in Children Stephen R. Thompson Paul D. Sponseller Cervical spine injuries in children represent a different spectrum of pathology compared to adults. Injury to the cervical spine…
Miscellaneous Conditions of the Cervical Spine: Neurofibromatosis, Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis, and Rickets Viral V. Jain Alvin H. Crawford Knowledge of pediatric cervical spine disorders in neurofibromatosis (NF), juvenile rheumatoid arthritis…
Pediatric Spinal Cord Injury Amer F. Samdani Steven W. Hwang Mary Jane Mulcahey Randal R. Betz Management of children with spinal cord injury (SCI) presents unique acute and long-term medical,…
The Cervical Spine and Skeletal Dysplasia William G. Mackenzie Suken A. Shah Masakazu Takemitsu OVERVIEW Cervical spine disorders in skeletal dysplasia patients are very common. The wide spectrum of pathology…
Embryology of the Craniovertebral Junction and Congenital Malformations in the Region Dachling Pang Dominic N.P. Thompson The bony craniovertebral junction (CVJ) can be conceptually divided into two component parts with…
Klippel-Feil Syndrome Peter D. Pizzutillo Martin J. Herman HISTORICAL BACKGROUND In 1912, Klippel and Feil published the clinical and anatomic description of L. Joseph, a 46-year-old tailor with a history…
Evaluation of the Cervical Spine in Children David B. Horn John P. Dormans Evaluation of the cervical spine in infants, children, and adolescents poses unique challenges to the practitioner. A…
Clearing the Cervical Spine Ronald W. Lindsey Zbigniew Gugala Clearing the cervical spine is among the highest priorities in the early assessment of trauma patients in emergency centers. Annually, more…
Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Cervical Spine and Spinal Cord Christopher G. Ullrich Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is based on the physical phenomenon of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). Physicists Edward…
