The surgical approach to subaxial cervical spine injuries: An evidence-based algorithm based on the SLIC classification system

Spine

Volumn 32, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 2620-2629

  Dvorak, Marcel F ^a,b   Fisher, Charles G ^a   Fehlings, Michael G ^a   Rampersaud, Y Raja ^a   Oner F C ^a   Aarabi, Bizhan ^a   Vaccaro, Alexander R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b D 609 Heather Pavilion ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Cervical trauma; Surgical approaches; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CONTENT VALIDITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ALGORITHMS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISLOCATIONS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURES, COMMINUTED; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LIGAMENTS; NECK INJURIES; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL INJURIES; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; SPINAL OSTEOPHYTOSIS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 35848943649     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318158ce16     Document Type: Article

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