Sacral fractures with neurological injury: Is early decompression beneficial?

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 244-251

  Zelle, B A ^a   Gruen, G S ^a   Hunt, T ^a   Speth, S R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTESTINE FUNCTION; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SACRUM; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SHORT FORM 36 SCALE; SOFCOT INDEX; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SACRUM; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL FRACTURES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4344637315     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-004-0557-y     Document Type: Article

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