Spine injuries are common among asymptomatic patients after gunshot wounds

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 833-836

  Klein, Yoram ^a,c   Cohn, Stephen M ^a   Soffer, Dror ^d   Lynn, Mauricio ^a   Shaw, Christiana Marie ^a   Hasharoni, Amir ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Gunshot wound; Spinal column; Spine injuries

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE INJURY; SURVIVAL;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; FACIAL INJURIES; HUMANS; NECK INJURIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL INJURIES; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 17844404565     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TA.0000152549.63584.29     Document Type: Article

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