Unusual foreign body causing quadriparesis: Case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1291-1294

  Tomaras, Christopher R ^a,b   Grundmeyer, Raymond W ^a   Chow, Thomas S ^a   Trask, Todd W ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

foramen magnum; foreign body; penetrating; quadriparesis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; COCAINE; GLASS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG ABUSE; FALLING; FEMALE; FORAMEN MAGNUM; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODIES; GLASS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; ODONTOID PROCESS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINAL INJURIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 0030951322     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199706000-00034     Document Type: Article

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