Seat belt fracture with late development of an enterocolic fistula in a child: A case report

Spine

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1151-1155

  Letts, Merv ^a   Davidson, Darin ^a   Fleuriau Chateau, Philip ^a   Chou, Shirley ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chance fracture; Enterocolic fistula; Flexion distraction fracture; Seat belt fracture

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON FISTULA; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLASTER CAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEATBELT INJURY; SPINE FRACTURE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; CASTS, SURGICAL; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INTESTINAL FISTULA; INTESTINE, SMALL; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; SEAT BELTS; SPINAL FRACTURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032986104     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199906010-00017     Document Type: Article

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