Traumatic C6-C7 Dislocation in a 14 Year Old with Posterior Spinal Fusion for Idiopathic Scoliosis

Journal of Trauma

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1004-1007

  Fuchs, Paul D ^a   Bertrand, Styles ^a   Iwinski, Henry ^a   Pellet, Jonathan ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FUSION; SPINE INSTABILITY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; VERTEBRA DISLOCATION;

EID: 0035206294     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-200111000-00030     Document Type: Article

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