Tetraparesis following dental extraction: Case report and discussion of preventive measures for cervical spinal hyperextension injury

Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 422-425

  Whiteson, Jonathan H ^a   Panaro, Nick ^a   Ahn, Jung H ^a   Firooznia, Hossein ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical spondylosis; Compression myelopathy; Spinal hyperextension; Tetraplegia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; NECK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QUADRIPLEGIA; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPONDYLOSIS; TOOTH EXTRACTION; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

AGED; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; NECK; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINAL OSTEOPHYTOSIS; SPINAL STENOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TOOTH EXTRACTION;

EID: 0031253012     PISSN: 10790268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10790268.1997.11719500     Document Type: Article

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