Early management of war missile spine and spinal cord injuries: Experience with 21 cases

Injury

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 699-702

  Splavski, B ^a   Vrankovic Dj ^a   Saric G ^a   Blagus, G ^a   Mursic B ^a   Rukovanjski, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OSIJEK   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; BULLET; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MISSILE WOUND; PARAPLEGIA; PENETRATING TRAUMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD INJURY; THORACIC SPINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CROATIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINAL INJURIES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WAR; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 0030436180     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(96)00130-1     Document Type: Article

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