A Surgical Algorithm for Upper Cervical Trauma Based on the AO Spine Upper Cervical Injury Classification System

Alexander R. Vaccaro, Mitchell K. Ng, Jonathan Dalton, Klaus Schnake, Richard Bransford, Harvinder Singh Chhabra, Mohammad El-Sharkawi, Sebastian Bigdon, Andrei Joaquim, Gregory D. Schroeder

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DOI: 10.1097/brs.0000000000005825
Published: 2026-08-24
Container: Spine
Publisher: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
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@article{allodium:10.1097/brs.0000000000005825,
  title = {A Surgical Algorithm for Upper Cervical Trauma Based on the AO Spine Upper Cervical Injury Classification System},
  author = {Alexander R. Vaccaro and Mitchell K. Ng and Jonathan Dalton and Klaus Schnake and Richard Bransford and Harvinder Singh Chhabra and Mohammad El-Sharkawi and Sebastian Bigdon and Andrei Joaquim and Gregory D. Schroeder},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Spine},
  doi = {10.1097/brs.0000000000005825},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1097/brs.0000000000005825}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - A Surgical Algorithm for Upper Cervical Trauma Based on the AO Spine Upper Cervical Injury Classification System
AU  - Alexander R. Vaccaro
AU  - Mitchell K. Ng
AU  - Jonathan Dalton
AU  - Klaus Schnake
AU  - Richard Bransford
AU  - Harvinder Singh Chhabra
AU  - Mohammad El-Sharkawi
AU  - Sebastian Bigdon
AU  - Andrei Joaquim
AU  - Gregory D. Schroeder
PY  - 2026
JO  - Spine
DO  - 10.1097/brs.0000000000005825
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1097/brs.0000000000005825
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Vaccaro, A. R., Ng, M. K., Dalton, J., Schnake, K., Bransford, R., Chhabra, H. S., El-Sharkawi, M., Bigdon, S., Joaquim, A., & Schroeder, G. D. (2026). A Surgical Algorithm for Upper Cervical Trauma Based on the AO Spine Upper Cervical Injury Classification System. Spine. https://doi.org/10.1097/brs.0000000000005825

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