title: [Pediatric orthopedic cervical spine problems].
abstract: Treatment-requiring diseases of the cervical spine in children are rare. The most common cases requiring medical assessment and treatment are acute torticollis and various accidents. A torticollis having lasted for more than a week should be recognized, because it can be treated by skull traction. Cervical spine fractures in children under school age are very rare, the most common being a fracture of the base of the dens of the second cervical vertebra. Cervical spine instability is almost always associated with an underlying disease.
authors.forename: Ilkka
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Helenius
mesh_terms: D002574:Cervical Vertebrae; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007593:Joint Instability / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy