Yosef M Dastagirzada, Nikita G Alexiades, David B Kurland, Sebastián N Anderson, Douglas L Brockmeyer, David B Bumpass, Sandip Chatterjee, Mari L Groves, Todd C Hankinson, David Harter, Daniel Hedequist, Andrew Jea, Jeffrey R Leonard, Jonathan E Martin, Matthew E Oetgen, Joshua Pahys, Curtis Rozzelle, Jennifer M Strahle, Dominic Thompson, Burt Yaszay, Richard C E Anderson
OBJECTIVE: Cervical spine disorders in children are relatively uncommon; therefore, paradigms for surgical and nonsurgical clinical management are not well established. The purpose of this study was to bring together an international, multidisciplinary group of pediatric cervical spine experts to build consensus via a modified Delphi approach regarding the clinical management of children with cervical spine disorders and those undergoing cervical spine stabilization surgery. METHODS: A modified Delphi method was used to identify consensus statements for the management of children with cervical spine disorders requiring stabilization...
October 28, 2022: Journal of Neurosurgery. Pediatrics