Evaluation of external stabilization of type II odontoid fractures in geriatric patients—An experimental study on a newly developed cadaveric trauma model

• Matthias K. Jung,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation BG Trauma Center Ludwigshafen, Clinic for Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Ludwigshafen on the Rhine, Germany

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8133-156X

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• Gregor V. R. von Ehrlich-Treuenstätt,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation BG Trauma Center Ludwigshafen, Clinic for Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Ludwigshafen on the Rhine, Germany

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• Andreas L. Jung,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation BG Trauma Center Ludwigshafen, Clinic for Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Ludwigshafen on the Rhine, Germany

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• Holger Keil,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Clinic for Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany

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• Paul A. Grützner,

  Roles Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation BG Trauma Center Ludwigshafen, Clinic for Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Ludwigshafen on the Rhine, Germany

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• Niko R. E. Schneider,

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Clinic of Anesthesiology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

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• Michael Kreinest

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: michael.kreinest@bgu-ludwigshafen.de

  Affiliation BG Trauma Center Ludwigshafen, Clinic for Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Ludwigshafen on the Rhine, Germany

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