Neurological deficit in a consecutive series of vertebral fracture patients with bony fragments within spinal canal

Spinal Cord

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 92-95

  Rosenberg, N ^a   Lenger, R ^b   Weisz, I ^a   Stein, H ^a  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b Fleeman Hospital   (Israel)

Author keywords

Computerized tomography; Neurological deficit; Spinal canal narrowing; Vertebral canal bony fragments; Vertebral fractures

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPRESSION THERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SPINE FUSION; VERTEBRA FRACTURE; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

EID: 0031045122     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3100356     Document Type: Article

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