An evaluation of the effects of semirigid cervical collars in patients with severe closed head injury

American Surgeon

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 604-606

  Chendrasekhar, Akella ^a,b   Moorman, Donald W ^a   Timberlake, Gregory A ^a  

^a IOWA METHODIST MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECUBITUS; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK; ORTHOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; HUMANS; MALE; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; PRESSURE ULCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031781278     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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