Spinal Injuries

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Suspected Spine Trauma. 
  • Abdominal imaging with multidetector computed tomography: state of the art. 
  • Acute spinal ligament disruption: MR imaging with anatomic correlation. 
  • Assessment of injury to the posterior ligamentous complex in thoracolumbar spine trauma. 
  • Back stabber: ladder fall causing traumatic aortic transection. 
  • Cervical spine MRI in patients with negative CT: A prospective, multicenter study of the Research Consortium of New England Centers for Trauma (ReCONECT). 
  • Cervical spine injuries in pediatric athletes: mechanisms and management. 
  • Clinical outcome of closed reduction of cervical spine injuries in a cohort of Nigerians. 
  • Comparative strengths and structural properties of the upper and lower cervical spine in flexion and extension. 
  • Comparison of helicopter versus ground transport for the interfacility transport of isolated spinal injury. 
  • Complications associated with surgical treatment of traumatic spinal fractures: a review of the scoliosis research society morbidity and mortality database. 
  • Confusion regarding mechanisms of injury in the setting of thoracolumbar spinal trauma: a survey of The Spine Trauma Study Group (STSG). 
  • Congenitally absent C-7 pedicle presenting as a jumped locked facet. Case illustration. 
  • Differences between neurosurgeons and orthopedic surgeons in classifying cervical dislocation injuries and making assessment and treatment decisions: a multicenter reliability study. 
  • Digital image-intensifier radiography at a level I trauma center. 
  • Dynamic responses of the head and cervical spine to axial impact loading. 
  • Epidemiology, classification, mechanism, and tolerance of human cervical spine injuries. 
  • Experimental impact injury to the cervical spine: relating motion of the head and the mechanism of injury. 
  • Faced joint locking. 
  • Impact responses of the cervical spine: A computational study of the effects of muscle activity, torso constraint, and pre-flexion. 
  • Initial experience with extreme angle cervical screw for treatment of trauma and cervical spondylosis. 
  • Injuries from the 2002 North Carolina ice storm, and strategies for prevention. 
  • Interrater reliability of identifying indicators of posterior ligamentous complex disruption when plain films are indeterminate in thoracolumbar injuries. 
  • Intrarater and interrater reliability and validity in the assessment of the mechanism of injury and integrity of the posterior ligamentous complex: a novel injury severity scoring system for thoracolumbar injuries. Invited submission from the Joint Section Meeting On Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, March 2005. 
  • Kinematic response of the spine during simulated aircraft ejections. 
  • MR imaging of spinal trauma. 
  • Medicolegal issues in sports medicine. 
  • Morbidity and mortality associated with spinal surgery in children: a review of the Scoliosis Research Society morbidity and mortality database. 
  • On the relative importance of bending and compression in cervical spine bilateral facet dislocation. 
  • Optimizing Successful Outcomes in Complex Spine Reconstruction Using Local Muscle Flaps. 
  • Osteoporosis followed by primary hyperparathyroidism. A reason for continued vigilance. 
  • Outcome of surgery for upper cervical spine injuries in Nigerians. 
  • Plastic Surgeon Closure of Index Spinal Cases: A Single-Institution Review of 928 Cases. 
  • Removal of sublaminar wires after spinal fusion. 
  • Risk of early closed reduction in cervical spine subluxation injuries. 
  • Risk of lumbar spine injury from cyclic compressive loading. 
  • Similarities and differences in the treatment of spine trauma between surgical specialties and location of practice. 
  • The AOSpine North America Geriatric Odontoid Fracture Mortality Study: a retrospective review of mortality outcomes for operative versus nonoperative treatment of 322 patients with long-term follow-up. 
  • The Canadian experience with long-term deflazacort treatment in Duchenne muscular dystrophy. 
  • The Human Lumbar Spine During High-Rate Under Seat Loading: A Combined Metric Injury Criteria. 
  • The biomechanics of cervical spine injury and implications for injury prevention. 
  • The diagnostic utility of clinical tests for differentiating between cervicogenic and other causes of dizziness after a sports-related concussion: An international Delphi study. 
  • The timing and influence of MRI on the management of patients with cervical facet dislocations remains highly variable: a survey of members of the Spine Trauma Study Group. 
  • Thoracic and lumbar spine trauma. 
  • Update on the use of distal radial bone density measurements in prediction of hip and Colles' fracture risk. 
  • Variations in surgical treatment of cervical facet dislocations. 
  • What is the clinical significance of bone loss in primary hyperparathyroidism? 
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  Keywords of People

  • Stinnett, Sandra Sue, Associate Professor of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics, Biostatistics & Bioinformatics