Anterior versus posterior surgical treatment for traumatic cervical spine dislocation

Current Opinion in Orthopaedics

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 174-181

  Wiseman, Diana Barrett ^a   Bellabarba, Carlo ^a   Mirza, Sohail K ^a   Chapman, Jens ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE; CERVICAL SPINE DISLOCATION; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPRESSION; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; IMAGING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; KYPHOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKELETON TRACTION; SPINE FUSION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038544145     PISSN: 10419918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001433-200306000-00009     Document Type: Review

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