Spinal cord injuries due to diving accidents

Spinal Cord

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 109-116

  Aito, S ^a   D'Andrea, M ^a   Werhagen, L ^b  

^a CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Diving accident; Outcomes; Spinal cord lesion; Tetraplegia

Indexed keywords

MEPREDNISONE;

ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DIVING; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ITALY; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TIME; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

EID: 14544285035     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101695     Document Type: Article

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