Predictors of paralysis in the rheumatoid cervical spine in patients undergoing total joint arthroplasty

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 86, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1420-1424

  Grauer, Jonathan N ^a   Tingstad, Edwin M ^b   Rand, Nahshon ^c   Christie, Michael J ^d   Hilibrand, Alan S ^e  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Inland Orthopaedics   (United States)

^c ASSUTA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d Southern Joint Replacement Institute   (United States)

^e THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SPINE INSTABILITY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL RISK; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

EID: 3042698838     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-200407000-00009     Document Type: Article

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