Missile injuries of the spine

Neurology India

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 507-511

  Bhatoe, H S ^a   Singh, P ^a  

^a ARMY HOSPITAL RESEARCH AND REFERRAL   (India)

Author keywords

Gunshot wound; Missile injury; Spinal injury

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DURA MATER; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MENINGITIS; MILITARY MEDICINE; MISSILE WOUND; MYELOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARALYSIS; PARAPLEGIA; PROGNOSIS; QUADRIPLEGIA; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINAL CORD HEMORRHAGE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE INJURY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THORACIC SPINAL CORD;

ADULT; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; PROGNOSIS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 1042298570     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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