Spinal fixation surgery for acute traumatic spinal cord injury

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Bagnall, Anne Marie ^a   Jones, L ^b   Duffy, S ^b   Riemsma, R P ^b  

^a LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; CINAHL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONVALESCENCE; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DATA EXTRACTION; EMBASE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDLINE; MOBILIZATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE STABILIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 44949162960     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004725.pub2     Document Type: Review

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