Evaluation of the cervical spine in the polytrauma patient

Spine

Volumn 25, Issue 22, 2000, Pages 2884-2892

  Harris, Mitchel B ^a,c   Kronlage, Steven C ^a   Carboni, Phyllis A ^a   Robert, Kearny Q ^a   Menmuir, Brett ^a   Ricciardi, James E ^b   Chutkan, Norman B ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Occult cervical spine; Protocol fluoroscopy

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; LIGAMENT INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SPINAL INJURIES;

EID: 0034669505     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200011150-00008     Document Type: Article

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