Timing of surgical intervention in patients with traumatic spinal cord injury

Seminars in Spine Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 174-181

  Kim, David H ^a   Westerlund, L Erik ^a   Vaccaro, Alexander R ^a,b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROTHMAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CHRONOLOGY; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE SURGERY; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036767289     PISSN: 10407383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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