Vertebral artery injury after cervical spine trauma: A prospective study

Zentralblatt fur Neurochirurgie

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 153-158

  Kral, Thomas ^a   Schaller, C ^a   Urbach, H ^a   Schramm, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arteriography; Cervical spine trauma; MRA; Vertebral artery injury

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; HEPARIN;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE SURGERY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY STENOSIS; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; ANTICOAGULANTS; FEMALE; HEPARIN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0036959592     PISSN: 00444251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-36433     Document Type: Article

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