Efficacy of surgical decompression in the setting of complete thoracic spinal cord injury

Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 415-420

  Rahimi Movaghar, Vafa ^a,b  

^a ZAHEDAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ZAHEDAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Spinal cord injuries, complete; Spinal fusion, thoracic; Surgery, thoracic spine; Surgical decompression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE FUSION; THORACIC SPINAL CORD;

EID: 30844471807     PISSN: 10790268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10790268.2005.11753841     Document Type: Article

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