Assessing cervical spine stability in obtunded blunt trauma patients: Review of medical literature

Radiology

Volumn 234, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 733-739

  Sliker, Clint W ^a   Mirvis, Stuart E ^a   Shanmuganathan, Kathirkamanathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLUNT TRAUMA; CERVICAL SPINE; FLUOROSCOPY; FRACTURE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; LIGAMENT INJURY; MEDLINE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINE INJURY; SPINE STABILIZATION;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPINAL INJURIES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 13844299387     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2343031768     Document Type: Review

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