Pencil is mightier than the sword!

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 168-170

  Ramaswamy, R ^a,b   Dow, G ^a   Bassi, S ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Pencil; Penetrating injury; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ANUS SPHINCTER DISORDER; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FLACCID PARALYSIS; HUMAN; LAMINOPLASTY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPLEGIA; PENCIL; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIAPISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SADDLE ANESTHESIA; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE SURGERY;

CHILD; DEBRIDEMENT; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARAPLEGIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SPINAL CANAL; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINAL INJURIES; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; THORACIC WALL; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 33646096468     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000091861     Document Type: Article

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