External fixation in patients with panvertebral osteomyelitis and paraplegia

Paraplegia

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 113-115

  Hurley, M E ^a   Vaccaro, A R ^b   Scuderi, G J ^a   Garfin, S R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

External fixation; Osteomyelitis; Panvertebral; Paraplegia; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; DEBRIDEMENT; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; HUMAN; MALE; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONDYLITIS;

EID: 28144448521     PISSN: 00311758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.1996.20     Document Type: Article

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