Management of acute cervical spine and spinal cord injury using clinical guidelines

Japanese Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 18-25

  Koyanagi, Izumi ^a   Murakami, Tomohiro ^a   Houkin, Kiyohiro ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute cervical cord injury without bone injury; Guideline; Spinal cord injury; Steroid; Treatment

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

CERVICAL SPINE DISLOCATION; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD INJURY; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 33846512145     PISSN: 0917950X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7887/jcns.16.18     Document Type: Review

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