Advances in surgical techniques and instrumentation and their impact on the spinal cord injury rehabilitation process

Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 35-48

  Wimberley, David W ^a   Goyal, Nitin ^b   Goins, Maurice L ^c   Zeiller, Steven C ^d   Yuan, Philip S ^e   Vaccaro, Alexander R ^d  

^a TEXAS ORTHOPEDIC HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^d THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e Memorial Orthopaedic Surgical Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Early rehabilitation; Internal fixation; Spinal cord injury; Spine trauma; Surgical techniques

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BED REST; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; CONVALESCENCE; DEVICE; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MOBILIZATION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 11144224828     PISSN: 10820744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/57AR-KE7K-CTXL-1T6B     Document Type: Article

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