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In this chapter, we discuss two specific entities. The first is a fracture dislocation in the subaxial cervical spine, and the second is a burst fracture also of the subaxial spine. We will describe each case, its management and the rationale behind it.
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Maduri, R., Duff, J.M. (2019). Subaxial Cervical Trauma. In: Meyer, B., Rauschmann, M. (eds) Spine Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98875-7_33
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