Long-term clinical manifestations of retained bullet fragments within the intervertebral disk space

Journal of Spinal Disorders

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 108-111

  Scuderi, Gaetano J ^a   Vaccaro, Alexander R ^b   Fitzhenry, Laurence N ^b   Greenberg, Steven ^c   Eismont, Frank ^c  

^a Parkway Regional Medical Center ^*  (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Intervertebral disk space; Plumbism; Retained bullet fragments

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BULLET; FISTULA; FOREIGN BODY; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LAMINECTOMY; LEAD POISONING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING; SPINE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WOUND INFECTION; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXCISION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISEASE; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LEAD POISONING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 1842736397     PISSN: 08950385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00024720-200404000-00005     Document Type: Article

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