Clinical outcomes of cervical spinal cord injuries without radiographic evidence of trauma

Spinal Cord

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 567-573

  Saruhashi, Yasuo ^a   Hukuda, Sinsuke ^a   Katsuura, Akitomo ^a   Asajima, Shuzo ^a   Omura, Kikuo ^a  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical spinal cord injury; Conservative and surgical treatment; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LIGAMENT CALCINOSIS; MALE; ORTHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; TRACTION THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

EID: 0031876647     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3100595     Document Type: Article

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