Complete recovery of severe quadriparesis caused by stab wound at the craniocervical junction

Neurosurgical Review

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 70-72

  Elgamal, Essam A ^a  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Craniocervical junction; Penetrating injury; Quadriparesis; Spinal cord injury; Stab wound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; KNIFE CUT; LIQUORRHEA; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NECK INJURY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPASTICITY; STAB WOUND;

ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; QUADRIPLEGIA; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; WOUNDS, STAB;

EID: 11944256169     PISSN: 03445607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10143-004-0359-0     Document Type: Article

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