Spinal cord injury with a narrow spinal canal: Utilizing torg's ratio method of analyzing cervical spine radiographs

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 79-82

  Bey, Tareg ^a   Waer, Amy ^a   Walter, Frank G ^a   Fortune, John ^a   Seeger, Joachim ^a   Fryburg, Karsten ^a   Smith, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Spinal cord injury; Spinal stenosis; Torg's ratio method; Trauma

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PHENYLEPHRINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOCK; TECHNIQUE; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

EID: 0031934760     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-4679(97)00243-6     Document Type: Article

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