Anterior surgery for unstable lower cervical spine injuries

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 411, Issue , 2003, Pages 61-69

  Lambiris, Elias ^a   Zouboulis, Panayotis ^b   Tyllianakis, Minos ^b   Panagiotopoulos, Elias ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

ADULT; AGED; BLEEDING; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE INJURY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPINE SURGERY; SPORT INJURY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038580636     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.blo.0000068185.83581.cf     Document Type: Conference Paper

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