Fusion for occult posttraumatic cervical facet injury

Neurosurgery Quarterly

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 129-134

  Long, Donlin M ^a,b,c,d   Davis, R F ^a,b,c,d   Speed, William G ^a,b,c,d   Hendler, Nelson H ^a,b,c,d  

^a Departments Orthopedic Surgery   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine Internal Medicine   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Departments of Neurosurgery and Psychiatry   (United States)

Author keywords

Facet injury; Fusion; Headache; Neck pain; Pain relief; Whiplash injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; NECK PAIN; NERVE BLOCK; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 33748468186     PISSN: 10506438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.wnq.0000214023.47237.35     Document Type: Article

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