Does optimal timing for spine fracture fixation exist?

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 233, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 851-858

  Croce, Martin A ^a   Bee, Tiffany K ^a   Pritchard, Elizabeth ^a   Miller, Preston R ^a   Fabian, Timothy C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BLUNT TRAUMA; CERVICAL SPINE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FRACTURE; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACIC SPINE; TIME; VENTILATOR;

ADULT; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMANS; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FRACTURES; STATISTICS; TENNESSEE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0034980117     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-200106000-00016     Document Type: Conference Paper

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