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The Cervical Spine

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Cervical spine injuries usually follow high-energy injuries – motor vehicle accident (45 %) and falls from a height (20 %).

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Correspondence to Shibu P. Krishnan MS, DNB, MRCS, FRCS(Tr. & Ortho) .

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Krishnan, S.P. (2013). The Cervical Spine. In: Iyer, K. (eds) Trauma Management in Orthopedics. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4462-5_16

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