Gunshot wounds to the spine

Injury

Volumn 29, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1998, Pages S7-S12

  Isiklar, Zekeriya U ^a   Lindsey, Ronald W ^b  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cord injury; Fracture; Gunshot wound; Spine

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; STEROID;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BULLET; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTESTINE INJURY; LEAD POISONING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOCYST; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE INJURY; SYNOVIAL FLUID; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0345487546     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0020-1383(98)00098-9     Document Type: Review

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