Partial avulsion of the cauda equina associated with a lumbosacral fracture-dislocation: A case report

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 81, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1450-1453

  Murata, Yasuaki ^a   Lee, Motohiro ^b   Mimura, Masaya ^b   Murata, Atsushi ^b   Shimizu, Sumito ^b  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Funabashi Municipal Medical Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVULSION INJURY; CASE REPORT; CAUDA EQUINA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LAMINOPLASTY; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETON TRACTION; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE SCINTISCANNING; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0032880328     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-199910000-00010     Document Type: Article

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