Immediate quadriparesis after manipulation for bilateral cervical facet subluxation

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 587-590

  Ludwig, Steven C ^a,b   Vaccaro, Alexander R ^a,b   Balderston, Richard A ^a,b   Cotler, Jerome M ^a,b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CERVICAL SPINE DISLOCATION; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; NECK PAIN; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION;

EID: 0030883264     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-199704000-00017     Document Type: Article

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