Spinal injuries after falls from hunting tree stands

Spine Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 522-528

  Fayssoux, R S ^a   Tally, W ^b   Sanfilippo, J A ^b   Stock, G ^b   Ratliff, J K ^c   Anderson, G ^b   Hilibrand, A S ^b   Albert, T J ^b   Vaccaro, A R ^b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fall(s) from height; Hunting stand(s); Spinal cord injury; Spinal trauma; Tree stand(s)

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXOPATHY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FALLING; FRACTURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT REFERRAL; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPERITONEAL HEMORRHAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; THORAX INJURY; TREE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL INJURIES; TREES;

EID: 42949125416     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2006.11.005     Document Type: Article

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