Traumatic cervical cord injury at C3-4 without radiographic abnormalities: Correlation of magnetic resonance findings with clinical features and outcome

Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 129-135

  Takahashi, M ^a,c   Harada, Y ^a   Inoue, H ^a   Shimada, K ^b  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c IWAKUNI NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical cord injury; Magnetic resonance imaging; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAND; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARALYSIS; PARESTHESIA; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUADRIPLEGIA; RADIOGRAPHY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036992730     PISSN: 10225536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/230949900201000205     Document Type: Article

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