Fracture dislocation of the cervical spine: A critique of current management in the United States

Paraplegia

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1978, Pages 15-38

  Sussman, Bernard J ^a  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical fracture dislocation; Fusion; Inadequate care; Laminectomy; Steroids; Traction

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR FUSION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CERVICAL SPINE DISLOCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; INJURY; LAMINECTOMY; LEGAL ASPECT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISLOCATION; FEMALE; FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; MALE; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE FUSION; SPINE INJURY; SPORT INJURY; TRACTION THERAPY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

CORTICOSTEROID;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DISLOCATIONS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURES; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL INJURIES; TRACTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0017964674     PISSN: 00311758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.1978.5     Document Type: Article

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