Spinal cord injury caused by gunshot wound during pregnancy

Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 123-126

  Gençosmanoǧlu, Belgin E ^a   Hanci, Murat ^b   Yücesoy, Gülseren ^c   Madazli, Riza ^b   Yilmaz, Hürriyet ^a   Özgen, Mustafa ^b  

^a Istanbul Phys Med and Rehab Ctr   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Gunshot wound; Pregnancy; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; HEPARIN; LIDOCAINE; MORPHINE; OXYTOCIN;

ADULT; AMNIOTOMY; ARTICLE; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; FETUS MONITORING; GUNSHOT INJURY; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; LABOR INDUCTION; LABORATORY TEST; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PREGNANCY; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SIDE EFFECT; VAGINAL DELIVERY; CERVICAL SPINE; FOLLOW UP; INJURY; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PATHOLOGY; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE FRACTURE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINAL FRACTURES; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 0035376805     PISSN: 10790268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10790268.2001.11753568     Document Type: Article

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