Unilateral cervical facet fractures with subluxation: Injury patterns and treatment

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 416-422

  Rabb, Craig H ^a   Lopez, John ^a   Beauchamp, Kathryn ^a   Witt, Peter ^a   Bolles, Gene ^b   Dwyer, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MC 0206 ^*

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Facet; Fracture; Vertebral artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BONE GRAFT; BRAIN INJURY; CERVICAL SPINE DISLOCATION; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE DISLOCATION; HUMAN; IMAGING; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE STABILIZATION; VERTEBRAL ARTERIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHROGRAPHY; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 34548432997     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BSD.0b013e318030d32a     Document Type: Article

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