Cervical spine injuries and management: Experience with 235 patients in 10 years

Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 6-9

  Daneyemez, Mehmet ^a   Kahraman, S ^a   Gezen, F ^a   Sirin, S ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cervical Spine Injury; Grading; Stabilization; Treatment

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CHILD; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ODONTOID PROCESS FRACTURE; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE STABILIZATION; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032903418     PISSN: 09467211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1053360     Document Type: Article

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