Howard H. Hepburn and the development of skull tongs for cervical spine traction

Neurosurgery

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1430-1433

  Parney, I F ^a   Allen, P B R ^a   Petruk, K C ^a   Goodrich, J T ^a   Laws E R , Jr ^a   Papadopoulos, S ^a   Cooper, P R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; History; Skull tongs; Traction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; FRACTURE HEALING; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETON TRACTION; SKULL; TRACTION THERAPY;

EID: 0033659361     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-200012000-00032     Document Type: Article

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