An assessment of early tracheostomy after anterior cervical stabilization in patients with acute cervical spine trauma

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 749-753

  Berney, Susan ^a   Opdam, Helen ^a   Bellomo, Rinaldo ^a   Liew, Susan ^a   Skinner, Elizabeth ^a   Egi, Moritoki ^a   Denehy, Linda ^b  

^a AUSTIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anterior cervical spinal stabilization; Cervical spine; Posterior cervical spinal stabilization; Quadriplegia; Tracheostomy

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE STABILIZATION; TRACHEOSTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL INJURIES; TIME FACTORS; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 40549108913     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/.TA.0b013e31802c8234     Document Type: Article

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