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Success of Surgery on the Anterior Cervical Spine: Smith-Robinson Technique vs Internal Plates

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Spinal cord injuries affect 8,000 to 12,000 Americans each year. To take care of these patients, society spends approximately 2 billion dollars per year (McSwain et al., 1989). Many of these patients have injuries to the cervical spine, often caused by motor vehicle accidents. Over 21% have cervical spine injuries with up to 25% of those dying or becoming paralysed.

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Grooms, J.M., Bianchi, J., Chan, J. (1996). Success of Surgery on the Anterior Cervical Spine: Smith-Robinson Technique vs Internal Plates. In: Hench, L.L., Wilson, J. (eds) Clinical Performance of Skeletal Prostheses. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0541-5_11

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