Clinical outcomes of 90 isolated unilateral facet fractures, subluxations, and dislocations treated surgically and nonoperatively

Spine

Volumn 32, Issue 26, 2007, Pages 3007-3013

  Dvorak, Marcel F ^a,j   Fisher, Charles G ^a   Aarabi, Bizhan ^b   Harris, Mitchel B ^f,i   Hurbert, R John ^c,j   Rampersaud, Y Raja ^d   Vaccaro, Alex ^e   Harrop, James S ^e   Nockels, Russ P ^j   Madrazo, Ignacio N ^g   Schwartz, David ^h   Kwon, Brian K ^a   Zhao, Yinshan ^a   Fehlings, Michael G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^e THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g Circuito Fuentes del Pedregal   (Mexico)

^h Orthopaedics of Indianapolis   (United States)

ⁱ BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^j Department of Orthopaedics ^*

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Author keywords

Cervical dislocation; Cervical fracture; Cervical fusion; Facet fracture; Subluxation; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE DISLOCATION; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL CONDITION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHORT FORM 36; SPORT INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; X RAY FILM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISLOCATIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 37349024279     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31815cd439     Document Type: Article

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