Litigation of missed cervical spine injuries in patients presenting with blunt traumatic injury

Neurosurgery

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 516-522

  Lekovic, Gregory P ^a,b   Harrington, Timothy R ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Medical malpractice; Missed diagnosis; Spinal cord injury; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARDS AND PRIZES; BLUNT TRAUMA; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAW SUIT; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL LIABILITY; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; LIABILITY, LEGAL; MALPRACTICE; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33847343380     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000255337.80285.39     Document Type: Article

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