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Division of Orthopaedics, Department of Surgery, McMaster University, 293 Wellington St N, Suite 110, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8L 8E7. Electronic address: nathan.evaniew@medportal.ca.
Nathan
N
Evaniew
Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton General Hospital 8N-01, 237 Barton St E, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8L 2X2.
Blake
B
Yarascavitch
Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, 293 Wellington St N, Suite 110, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8L 8E7.
Kim
K
Madden
Division of Orthopaedics, Department of Surgery, McMaster University, 293 Wellington St N, Suite 110, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8L 8E7.
Michelle
M
Ghert
Division of Orthopaedics, Department of Surgery, McMaster University, 293 Wellington St N, Suite 110, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8L 8E7.
Brian
B
Drew
Division of Orthopaedics, Department of Surgery, McMaster University, 293 Wellington St N, Suite 110, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8L 8E7; Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, 293 Wellington St N, Suite 110, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8L 8E7.
Mohit
M
Bhandari
Division of Orthopaedics, Department of Surgery, McMaster University, 293 Wellington St N, Suite 110, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8L 8E7.
Desmond
D
Kwok
D001268:Atlanto-Axial Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007593:Joint Instability / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D009809:Odontoid Process / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011859:Radiography; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000401:mortality*; D021801:Zygapophyseal Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*