Thoracolumbar and sacral spinal injuries in children and adolescents: A review of 89 cases

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 106, Issue 6 SUPPL., 2007, Pages 426-433

  Dogan, Seref ^a   Safavi Abbasi, Sam ^b   Theodore, Nicholas ^b   Chang, Steven W ^b   Horn, Eric M ^b   Mariwalla, Nittin R ^b   Rekate, Harold L ^b   Sonntag, Volker K H ^b  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Motor vehicle accident; Neurological deficit; Pediatric neurosurgery; Sacral fracture; Spinal cord injury; Thoracolumbar fracture

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISLOCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; LIGAMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; SACRUM; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRA;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISLOCATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; SACRUM; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL INJURIES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34250810324     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/ped.2007.106.6.426     Document Type: Review

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