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  • Title: Fractures of the dens--the results of non-rigid immobilization.
    Author: Govender S, Grootboom M.
    Journal: Injury; 1988 May; 19(3):165-7. PubMed ID: 3248892.
    Abstract:
    A series of 42 patients with fractures of the dens is reported. All patients were initially treated on traction and then immobilized in a SOMI brace or a cervical collar with a chin piece. Union was obtained in 37 patients. There has been no case of delayed myelopathy in the severely malunited fractures.
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