Civilian gunshot injuries to the spine: Diagnostic procedures and therapeutic concepts

European Journal of Trauma

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 104-109

  Platz, Andreas ^b   Stahel, Philip F ^b   Kossmann, Thomas ^b   Trentz, Otmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Fracture; Gunshot wound; Neurologic impairment; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEBRIDEMENT; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; INFECTION; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PARAPLEGIA; SPINE INJURY; SPINE INSTABILITY;

EID: 0034946876     PISSN: 14390590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00068-001-1077-8     Document Type: Article

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