Book Review: AOSpine Masters Series, Volume 5: Cervical Spine Trauma

摘要

Copyright © 2017 by the Congress of Neurological SurgeonsThe AOSPine Masters Series consists of 10 volumes, with each volume focusing on 1 subject and covering that topic in great depth. The series spans a panoramic view of traumatic, neoplastic, developmental, degenerative, and infectious issues that can affect the spine. The focus of this book review is Volume 5: Cervical Spine Trauma, which provides an in-depth examination of trauma to the cervical spine.Anyone who routinely covers a US level-1 trauma center can attest that the focus of spinal trauma has gradually shifted over the past decade. Drs. Öner and Vaccaro acknowledge this ongoing shift in their thoughtful preface. Those of us working in this field have been accustomed to managing cervical spinal trauma as a result of high-energy trauma in a younger population. Although that population will always be part of our practice, what many of us have...