Delayed presentation of spinal stab wound: Case report and review of the literature

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 209-213

  Kulkarni, Abhaya V ^a   Bhandari, Mohit ^b   Stiver, Shirley ^b   Reddy, Kesava ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Penetrating spinal injury; Spinal cord injury; Stab wound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STAB WOUND;

ADULT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; PARESIS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, STAB;

EID: 0034142354     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-4679(99)00196-1     Document Type: Article

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