Emergency, acute, and surgical management of spine trauma

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 80, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1383-1390

  Waters, Robert L ^a   Meyer Jr , Paul R ^a   Adkins, Rodney H ^a   Felton, Daniel ^a  

^a RANCHO LOS AMIGOS NATIONAL REHABILITATION CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DECUBITUS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE INJURY; SPINE SURGERY; UNITED STATES; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0032743903     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9993(99)90248-4     Document Type: Article

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