Use of computed tomography to predict failure of nonoperative treatment of unilateral facet fractures of the cervical spine

Spine

Volumn 31, Issue 24, 2006, Pages 2827-2835

  Spector, Leo R ^a,b   Kim, David H ^c,e   Affonso, Jesse ^b   Albert, Todd J ^d   Hilibrand, Alan S ^d   Vaccaro, Alexander R ^d  

^a UMASS MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

And computed tomography; Cervical spine trauma; Facet fracture; Indications; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPINE SURGERY; TREATMENT FAILURE; UNILATERAL CERVICAL SPINE FACET FRACTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; CASE MANAGEMENT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DISLOCATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADICULOPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL FRACTURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 33751079355     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000245864.72372.8f     Document Type: Review

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