Timing of thoracic spine stabilization in trauma patients: Impact on clinical course and outcome

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 156-160

  Schinkel, Christian ^a   Frangen, Thomas M ^a   Kmetic, Andrej ^b   Andress, Hans Joachim ^b   Muhr, Gert ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lung injury; Outcome; Spine trauma; Thoracic spine; Thoracic trauma; Timing of operation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CALCULATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DISEASE COURSE; GERMANY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LUNG CONTUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SPINE INJURY; SPINE STABILIZATION; THORACIC SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; FRACTURE FIXATION; HEAD INJURY; LUNG INJURY; NOTE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SPINAL FRACTURES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33746218318     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000222669.09582.ec     Document Type: Article

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