To the editor [2]

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1033-1034

  Rhee, Peter ^a   Martin, Mathew ^a   Dave, Pleurad ^a   Doucet, Jay ^a   Brown, Carlos ^a   Salim, Ali ^a   Demitriades, Demetrios ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRACE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE IMMOBILIZATION; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEAD; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NECK; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE INJURY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; TRUNK; IMMOBILIZATION; NOTE; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 33644792474     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000197274.78644.57     Document Type: Letter

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1. Klein Cohn SM, Soffer D, et al. Spine injuries are common among asymptomatic patients after gunshot wounds. J Trauma. 2005;58:833-836.
2. Connell RA, Graham CA, Munro PT. Is spinal immobilisation necessary for all patients sustaining isolated penetrating trauma? Injury. 2003;34:912-914.
3. Cornwell EE, Chang DC, Bonar JP, et al. Thoracolumbar immobilization for trauma patients with torso gunshot wounds: is it necessary? Arch Surg. 2001;136:324-327.