The radiographic failure of single segment posterior cervical instrumentation in traumatic cervical flexion distraction injuries

Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 20-29

  Elgafy, Hossein ^c   Fisher, Charles G ^a,b   Zhao, Yinshan ^a   Li, Meng Jun ^c   Boyd, Michael ^a,b   Kwon, Brian K ^a,b   Dvorak, Marcel F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Cervical flexion distraction; Posterior cervical instrumentation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33749164774     PISSN: 10820744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/80JT-6AHM-0RL8-NF59     Document Type: Review

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