Cervical spine fracture-dislocation birth injury: Prevention, recognition, and implications for the orthopaedic surgeon

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 484-486

  Caird, Michelle S ^a   Ready, Sudheer ^b   Ganley, Theodore J ^b   Drummond, Denis S ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth injury; Cervical spine injury; Pediatric spine fractures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH INJURY; BREECH EXTRACTION; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE DISLOCATION; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; CESAREAN SECTION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; BIRTH INJURIES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECISION MAKING; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DISLOCATIONS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PREGNANCY; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINAL FRACTURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 21244438403     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bpo.0000158006.61294.ff     Document Type: Article

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