The management of unilateral lateral mass/facet fractures of the subaxial cervical spine: The use of magnetic resonance imaging to predict instability

Spine

Volumn 22, Issue 22, 1997, Pages 2614-2621

  Halliday, Andrea L ^a   Henderson, Brett R ^b   Hart, Blane L ^b   Benzel, Edward C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical spine trauma; Facet fracture; Lateral mass fracture; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIGAMENT INJURY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE INSTABILITY; SUBLUXATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; LIGAMENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FRACTURES;

EID: 0031419697     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199711150-00007     Document Type: Conference Paper

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