Is The Lateral Cervical Spine Plain Film Obsolete?

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 267-269

  Duane, Therèse M ^a   Dechert, Tracey ^a   Brown, Holly ^a   Wolfe, Luke G ^a   Malhotra, Ajai K ^a   Aboutanos, Michel B ^a   Ivatury, Rao R ^a  

^a Division of Trauma   (United States)

Author keywords

cervical spine fracture; lateral cervical spine radiograph; outcomes; trauma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FILM; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINAL FRACTURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 43549093277     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2008.02.062     Document Type: Article

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