Multiple level noncontiguous fractures of the spine

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 411, Issue , 2003, Pages 95-102

  Korres, Dimitrios S ^a   Boscainos, Petros J ^a   Papagelopoulos, Panayiotis J ^a   Psycharis, Ioannis ^a   Goudelis, George ^a   Nikolopoulos, Konstantinos ^a  

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AMERICAN SPINAL INJURY ASSOCIATION NEUROLOGICAL IMPAIRMENT SCALE; BONE GRAFT; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE INJURY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037904391     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.blo.0000068362.47147.a2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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