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Fractures were classified according to Anderson–D’Alonzo and Roy–Camille on the initial CT. Demographic data, comorbidities, treatment types and complications (general medical, infectious, neurologic, and mechanical), and death were registered within the first year. Out of 204 patients, 60 were ≤ 70 years and 144 were > 70 years.

The purpose was to investigate mortality, complication, and fusion rates in patients with odontoid fracture, depending on age, comorbidities, fracture type, and treatment. The French Society of Spine Surgery (SFCR) conducted a prospective epidemiologic multicenter study.
