Posttraumatic total dislocation of the upper thoracic spine

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 343-346

  Sridhar, K ^a,b   Vasudevan, M C ^a   Ramamurthi, B ^a  

^a Institute of Neurology   (India)

^b VHS Medical Centre India   (India)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Dislocation; Fracture; Spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVULSION INJURY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; PARAPLEGIA; POSTTRAUMATIC COMPLICATION; SCALP; SCALP AVULSION INJURY; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; THORACIC SPINE; VERTEBRA DISLOCATION;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISLOCATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PARAPARESIS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SCALP; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL INJURIES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TRAUMA CENTERS;

EID: 1642363236     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(03)00489-0     Document Type: Article

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